bible
- 1The holy book of the Christian religion.
At church, the pastor read a story about Jesus from the Bible.
My grandmother reads a few pages of the Bible every night.
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- 2A single copy, edition, or translation of a holy book such as the Bible.
Every room in the hotel has a Bible in the drawer.
My grandfather gave me his old Bible with his name inside the cover.
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- 4The holy book of the Jewish religion, much of it also found in the Christian Bible.
At the synagogue, the rabbi read a passage from the Bible in Hebrew.
My Jewish grandfather studied the Bible every Saturday morning.
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- 5The holy book of another religion or belief, used the way Christians use the Bible.
For the members of the group, the leader's book was the Bible of their faith.
The class learned that each religion they studied had its own Bible.
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- 6A guide that the writers of a show or game use, with facts about its characters and places.
The new writer read the show's bible to learn every character's past.
The bible says the hero has a sister, so we can't change that.
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- 7At some US colleges, a set of old class problems and answers that some students use to cheat.
- 8A folder with copies of the most important papers for a legal case or deal.
- 9A last name that first came from a mother's first name.
- 10The top part inside a pin-tumbler lock, which holds small pins and springs.
- 11The third part of the stomach of a cow or other animal that chews its cud.
- 12A piece of sandstone that sailors rub over a ship's wooden deck to clean it.
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Origins
From Latin and Greek words meaning 'books'. The Greek word comes from the name for papyrus, a material used for writing.
From Greek words meaning "books", which go back to the word for papyrus, a material used for writing.