English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bible
(n.)
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.
Bible
(n.)
A book.
Bibler
(v. t.)
A great drinker; a tippler.
Biblical
(a.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible; as, biblical
learning; biblical authority.
Biblicality
(n.)
The quality of being biblical; a biblical subject.
Biblically
(adv.)
According to the Bible.
Biblicism
(n.)
Learning or literature relating to the Bible.
Biblicist
(n.)
One skilled in the knowledge of the Bible; a
demonstrator of religious truth by the Scriptures.
Bibliograph
(n.)
Bibliographer.
Bibliographer
(n.)
One who writes, or is versed in, bibliography.
Bibliographic
(a.)
Alt. of Bibliographical
Bibliographical
(a.)
Pertaining to bibliography, or the history of
books.
Bibliographies
(pl. )
of Bibliography
Bibliography
(n.)
A history or description of books and manuscripts,
with notices of the different editions, the times when they were
printed, etc.
Bibliolater
(n.)
Alt. of Bibliolatrist
Bibliolatrist
(n.)
A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the
Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration.
Bibliolatry
(n.)
Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman
Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over
that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive
regard to the letter of the Scriptures.
Bibliological
(a.)
Relating to bibliology.
Bibliology
(n.)
An account of books; book lore; bibliography.
Bibliology
(n.)
The literature or doctrine of the Bible.