| Bible (bible) |
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| n. | (b***imacr]"b'l) |
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| Bi"ble |
| [F. bible,
L. biblia, pl., fr. Gr. bibli`a, pl. of
bibli`on, dim. of bi`blos, by`blos, book,
prop. Egyptian papyrus.] |
A book.
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 Mohammedan
Bible.
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