Bible

  • 41bible — [ˈbaɪb(ə)l] noun 1) the Bible [singular] the holy book of the Christian and Jewish religions 2) [C] a copy of the Bible 3) [C] the most important book for a particular subject …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 42Bible — 1) The sacred scriptures of Christianity and (without the Christian New Testament) of Judaism. Until the Reformation the text generally used in the West was that of the *Vulgate. At a time when all texts were handwritten, Bibles were usually to… …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 43BIBLE — Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth (Community » Religion) * Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth (Community » Religion) * Basic Interplanetary Bible Learning Expedition (Community » Religion) …

    Abbreviations dictionary

  • 44Bible — Synonyms and related words: Douay Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, King James Version, Revised Standard Version, Revised Version, Scripture, Septuagint, Testament, Vulgate, canon, canonical writings, sacred writings, scripture, scriptures, the… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 45bible — ● n. f. ►BOOK Un bouquin de référence sur un sujet (un logiciel, un SE, une machine), extrêmement détaillé, et qui fait référence dans ce sujet. Exemple: La bible du PC, 5ème édition. Voir aussi Ancien Testament, Nouveau Testament, guerre de… …

    Dictionnaire d'informatique francophone

  • 46bible — [13] Greek ta biblía meant literally ‘the books’. This was borrowed into ecclesiastical Latin as biblia, where the plural form came to be misanalysed as a feminine singular; hence Old French, and through it English, received bible as a singular… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 47BIBLE —    the SACRED book of CHRISTIANS comprising the HEBREW BIBLE and NEW TESTAMENT …

    Concise dictionary of Religion

  • 48bible — n See Tijuana bible …

    Contemporary slang

  • 49Bible — Bi•ble [[t]ˈbaɪ bəl[/t]] n. 1) bib the collection of sacred writings of the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments 2) jud Also called Hebrew Scriptures the collection of sacred writings of the Jewish religion: known to… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 50Bible —   Paipala, Baibala.    ♦ Holy Bible, Paipala Hemolele …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary