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1. (n.) Bible
the collection of sacred writings of the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments.
2. Bible
(often l.c.) the sacred writings of any religion.
3. Bible
(l.c.) a reference publication esteemed for its usefulness and authority:
a bird-watchers' bible.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < OF < ML biblia (fem. sing.) < Gk, in tà biblía tà hagía the holy books; biblíon, byblíon papyrus roll, der. of býblos papyrus, after Býblos, a Phoenician port from where papyrus was exported)
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| Definition of 'bible' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word
the sacred writings of the Christian religions
"he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
2. (noun) bible
a book regarded as authoritative in its field
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1. Bible
a copy of the Bible
several Bibles on the shelf
2. Bible
the most important book in a particular subject
the bible for young lawyers
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| Definition of 'bible' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) bible
a book
2. (noun) bible
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
3. (noun) bible
a book containing the sacred writings belonging to any religion; as, the Koran is often called the Mohammedan Bible
4. (noun) bible
a book with an authoritative exposition of some topic, respected by many who are experts in the field
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| Definitions of 'bible' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. bible
1. One of a small number of fundamental source books such as
Knuth, K&R, or the Camel
Book. 2. The most detailed and authoritative reference for a particular
language, operating system, or other complex software system.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. bible
The book composed of writings generally accepted by Christians as inspired by God and of divine authority. (Webster, 3d ed)
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Sense: (with the ) the sacred writings of the Christian Church, consisting of the Old and New Testaments.
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 Afrikaans: Bybel |
 Arabic: العَهْدُ القَديم والعَهْد |
 Bulgarian: библия |
 Brazilian: Bíblia |
 Czech: bible |
 German: die Bibel |
 Danish: Bibelen |
 Greek: Βίβλος |
 Spanish: Biblia |
 Estonian: piibel |
 Farsi: انجیل |
 Finnish: Raamattu |
 French: Bible |
 Hebrew: תָנָ”ך |
 Hindi: बाईबिल, ईसाइयों की पवित्र |
 Croatian: Biblija |
 Hungarian: Biblia |
 Indonesian: Alkitab, Injil |
 Icelandic: biblían |
 Italian: Bibbia |
 Japanese: 聖書 |
 Korean: 성경 |
 Lithuanian: Biblija |
 Latvian: Bībele |
 Malay: kitab bible |
 Dutch: bijbel |
 Norwegian: Bibelen |
 Polish: Biblia |
 Persian: انجیل |
 Pashto: انجيل |
 Portuguese: bíblia |
 Romanian: Biblie |
 Russian: Библия |
 Slovak: Biblia |
 Slovenian: sveto pismo |
 Serbian: Biblija |
 Swedish: bibel, Bibeln |
 Thai: คัมภีร์ไบเบิ้ล |
 Turkish: Kutsal Kitap (Tevrat veİn |
 Taiwanese: 基督教聖經 |
 Ukrainian: Біблія |
 Urdu: انجیل ، بائبل ، عیسائیوں |
 Vietnamese: Kinh Thánh |
 Chinese: 圣经 |
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