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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin biblia, from Greek, plural of biblion book, diminutive of byblos papyrus, book, from Byblos, ancient Phoenician city from which papyrus was exported Date: 14th century 1. capitalized a. the sacred scriptures of Christians comprising the Old Testament and the New Testament b. the sacred scriptures of some other religion (as Judaism) 2. obsolete book 3. capitalized a copy or an edition of the Bible 4. a publication that is preeminent especially in authoritativeness or wide readership the fisherman's ~ the ~ of the entertainment industry ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a the Christian scriptures consisting of the Old and New Testaments. b the Jewish scriptures. c (bible) any copy of these (three bibles on the table). d a particular edition of the Bible (New English Bible). 2 colloq. any authoritative book (Wisden is his Bible). 3 the scriptures of any non-Christian religion. Phrases and idioms Bible-basher (or -thumper etc.) a person given to Bible-bashing. Bible-bashing (or -thumping etc.) sl. aggressive fundamentalist preaching. Bible belt esp. US the reputedly puritanical area of the southern and central US. Bible oath a solemn oath taken on the Bible. Etymology: ME f. OF f. eccl.L biblia f. Gk biblia books (pl. of biblion), orig. dimin. of biblos, bublos papyrus ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. Библия 2. экземпляр библии 3. настольная книга, руководство this dictionary should be your Bible when studying English —- этот словарь будет для тебя настольной книгой при изучении 4. английского языка ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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religion abbr. Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth religion abbr. Basic Interplanetary Bible Learning Expedition ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- early 14c., from Anglo-L. biblia, from M.L. Biblia, from L.L. biblia (neuter plural interpreted as fem. sing.), in phrase biblia sacra "holy books," from Gk. ta biblia to hagia "the holy books," from biblion "papyrus roll," dim. of byblos "Egyptian papyrus" (the ordinary word for "book"), possibly from the name of the Phoenician port from which it was exported. Replaced O.E. biblioрece "the Scriptures," from Gk., lit. "book-repository," used of the Bible by Jerome. Figurative sense of "any authoritative book" is from 1804. Bible Belt first attested 1926, reputedly coined by H.L. Mencken. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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