| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Bible |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Bi·ble |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b  b l |
| NOUN: | 1a. The sacred book of Christianity, a collection of ancient writings including the books of both the Old Testament and the New Testament. b. The Hebrew Scriptures, the sacred book of Judaism. c. A particular copy of a Bible: the old family Bible. d. A book or collection of writings constituting the sacred text of a religion. 2. often bible A book considered authoritative in its field: the bible of French cooking. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin biblia, from Greek, pl. of biblion, book, diminutive of biblos, papyrus, book, from Bublos, Byblos.
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