Bi"ble (bī"b'l), n. [F. bible, L. biblia, pl., fr. Gr. bibli`a, pl. of bibli`on, dim. of
bi`blos, by`blos, book, prop. Egyptian papyrus.]
1. A book. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
2. 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. A book containing the sacred writings belonging to any religion; as, the Koran
is often called the Mohammedan Bible.
Bible
Society, an association for securing the multiplication and wide distribution of the Bible. -- Douay Bible. See Douay Bible. -- Geneva Bible. See under Geneva.
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