Meaning of bible | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”).
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2. The main religious text in Christianity.
3. A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned texts.
4. A surname originating as a matronymic.
5. Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”)
6. Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“the analogous holy book of another religion”).
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7. The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible.
8. Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“the analogous holy book of another religion”)
9. A comprehensive manual that describes something, or a publication with a loyal readership.
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10. The analogous holy book of another religion or belief.
11. A comprehensive manual that describes something, or a publication with a loyal readership
12. K&R
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13. K&R
14. Ellipsis of pitch bible.
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15. Ellipsis of pitch bible
16. A binder containing copies of the most important documents for a particular matter.
17. Synonym of holystone: a piece of sandstone used for scouring wooden decks on ships.
18. A compilation of problems and solutions from previous years of a given course, used by some students to cheat on tests or assignments.
19. Omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of ruminants
20. The upper part of a pin-tumbler lock, containing the driver pins and springs.

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Examples

“The bible was used by Presley throughout his life until his death on 16 August 1977 and contains his handwritten notes, thoughts and annotations.”

“The Buddhist bible tells this story of Buddha’s time of temptation when he was living as a hermit on the Mount of Snow.”

“handyman’s bible”

“Computer Lib was written as a popular primer, but its most profound effect was on computer programmers, who needed little persuasion about the value of computers. […] Having set out to appeal to the general public, Nelson managed to publish an insider's bible and highly intimate guide to hacker culture.”

“For example, Wired—the monthly bible of the ‘virtual class’—has uncritically reproduced the views of Newt Gingrich, […]”

“Could you please add these to the case bible?”

“My friend’s a genius, he will give me problems one through nine. The bible of a sophomore will have the needed lines.”

“In my religion class we learn about the Bible, as well as religious texts of other religions.”

“He spoke of the great demand for books. Had sold as many as fifty Bibles in one day. Has sold Bibles to nearly all the officials in the Nan-ch'ang prefecture and has several orders in hand for books of good binding.”

“Many non-Christians regard portions of the Bible as “inspiring,” but they do not believe the Bible was “inspired by God” […]”

““They wave their Bibles at passersby, screaming their condemnations,” writes Kurt Eichenwald of evangelical Christians.”

“Second, the romance option brings up a unique issue: having sex with an alien. It’s somewhat difficult to say what the Christian should think on this issue because, well, the Bible doesn’t talk about aliens. Probably because they don’t exist (sorry to burst your bubble). Would this be considered bestiality? Or is it not bestiality since they are also beings capable of rational and ethical thought and self-reflection unlike usual animals?”

“She's Jewish, but she doesn't read the Bible because she's not religious.”

“The cult's ideological substance was the popular digest dubbed by foreigners the Little Red Book or the Bible of Maoism.”

“He had just become able to read, with much effort, short sentences in his Bible, and was constantly engaged during his leisure hours in studying its pages.”

“An American imprisoned for nearly six months in North Korea has admitted that he deliberately left a Bible in a nightclub, in one of his first major interviews since his release.[…]“I felt once I left the Bible somewhere that God would take it the rest of the way into the hands of some kind of Christian organisation, and I’d be able to waltz out of country fat, dumb and happy, no problem... But God had other plans.””

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