Bible

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See bible.

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Bible (plural Bibles)

an open Bible
  1. The main religious text in Christianity.
    The scripture in her religion is called the Bible.
  2. The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible.
    She's a Jew, but she doesn't read the Bible because she's not religious.
  3. The analogous holy book of another religion.

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Bible (plural Bibles)

  1. A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned texts.

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  • (specific version or copy): bible

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Bible f

  1. The Bible (The Christian holy book; the Old and New Testaments)