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noun

Bible n.

A book. (Obs.)

The Book by way of eminence, that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; sometimes in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible; Douay Bible; Luther's Bible. Also, the book which is made up of writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical Bible.

A book containing the sacred writings belonging to any religion; as, the Koran is often called the Muslim Bible.

(Fig.) A book with an authoritative exposition of some topic, respected by many who are experts in the field; as, the astrologers' bible.

Bible Society, an association for securing the multiplication and wide distribution of the Bible.

Douay Bible. See Douay Bible.

Geneva Bible. See under Geneva.

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Etymology of 'Bible'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bible" Quotes from Famous Books

... unearth tablets which give the history of ancient nations, and when it proves that among the nations thus mentioned are some with the same names and having the same facts of history as those mentioned in the Bible, it is absolutely impossible to avoid the conclusion that such a nation with such a history did actually exist. Two independent sources of record could not be false in regard to such a matter ...

— The Story of the Living Machine • H. W. Conn

... "Oh! he was a Bible king, and one never thinks of them. Italy! well, this I did not expect from your father's daughter! Your great-great- great-grandfather must have been an Englishman born, ...

— Home as Found • James Fenimore Cooper

... sake, dinna rub it in, Rob. I feel that small that I could hide myself in the hole of my back tooth. Man, do you ken, I jist felt as if we were a' back in the Bible times again, wi' auld Isaiah thundering oot his charges and tellin' the oppressors o' the people what he thought of them. The white heid o' Hardie maun hae been gey like Isaiah's. Or sometimes it was like John the Baptist, comin' to tell us o' ...

— The Underworld - The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner • James C. Welsh

... once say: 'The Bible was before ever it was written.' And perhaps I can best answer your question by saying the law of the human existed before the law of which you are thinking was ever written. Love, mercy, long-suffering were before the law formulated ...

— Flamsted quarries • Mary E. Waller

... did to Uncle Pros?" Her voice was vibrant with the awe and wonder of what she had seen. "Was it the laying on of hands—as they tell of it in the Bible?" ...

— The Power and the Glory • Grace MacGowan Cooke

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