bible
Meanings
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”).
- Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“the analogous holy book of another religion”).
- A comprehensive manual that describes something, or a publication with a loyal readership; a foundational text.
- Ellipsis of pitch bible.
- A binder containing copies of the most important documents for a particular matter.
- Synonym of holystone: a piece of sandstone used for scouring wooden decks on ships.
- A compilation of problems and solutions from previous years of a given course, used by some students to cheat on tests or assignments.
- Omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of ruminants
- The upper part of a pin-tumbler lock, containing the driver pins and springs.
name
- Either of two major versions of the main religious text in the Judeo-Christian group of traditions.
- The main religious text in Christianity.
- The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible.
- The analogous holy book of another religion or belief system.
- The principal important document of some area of skill or expertise.
noun
- A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned texts.
name
- A surname originating as a matronymic.
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Etymology
From Middle English bible, from Middle Latin biblia (“book”) (misinterpreted as a feminine from earlier Latin neuter plural biblia (“books”)), from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”), originally a diminutive of βίβλος (bíblos, “book”), from βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”) (from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material). Old English used biblioþēce (from βιβλιοθήκη) and ġewritu (> English writs) for "the Scriptures".
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