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   Bi·ble

   /ˈbīb(ə)l/

   

   noun

   • 1. the Christian scriptures, consisting of the Old and New Testaments: "verses from the Bible"
   • ▪ the Jewish scriptures, consisting of the Torah or Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa or Writings.
   • ▪ a copy of the Christian or Jewish scriptures: "clutching a large black Bible under his arm"
   • 2. a book regarded as authoritative in a particular sphere: informal "“Larousse Gastronomique,” the bible of French cooking" Similar handbookmanualABCcompanionguideprimeressential bookauthoritative bookvade mecumrare:enchiridion

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin biblia, from Greek (ta) biblia ‘(the) books’, from biblion ‘book’, originally a diminutive of biblos ‘papyrus, scroll’, of Semitic origin.

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