Book of Life

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The book in which God is said to record the name of every person who is destined for heaven or the world to come.

Word forms

Book of Life the Book of Life

Etymology

From Middle English bok of lyfe, boke of lyfe. Compare Old English līflīċ bōc (“Book of Life”).

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