From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bible \Bi"ble\ (b[imac]"b'l), n. [F. bible, L. biblia, pl., fr.
Gr. bibli`a, pl. of bibli`on, dim. of bi`blos, by`blos, book,
prop. Egyptian papyrus.]
1. A book. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. {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.
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3. A book containing the sacred writings belonging to any
religion; as, the Koran is often called the Mohammedan
Bible.
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4. (Fig.) a book with an authoritative exposition of some
topic, respected by many who are experts in the field.
[PJC]
{Bible Society}, an association for securing the
multiplication and wide distribution of the Bible.
{Douay Bible}. See {Douay Bible}.
{Geneva Bible}. See under {Geneva}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bible
n 1: the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to
carry the Word to the heathen" [syn: {Bible}, {Christian
Bible}, {Book}, {Good Book}, {Holy Scripture}, {Holy Writ},
{Scripture}, {Word of God}, {Word}]
2: a book regarded as authoritative in its field
From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]:
bible
n.
1. One of a small number of fundamental source books such as {Knuth}, {K&R
}, or the {Camel Book}.
2. The most detailed and authoritative reference for a particular language,
operating system, or other complex software system.
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
Bible /bibl/
Bible
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