[ˈbʌɪbl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the Christian scriptures, consisting of the Old and New Testaments
(e.g: verses from the Bible)

- a book regarded as authoritative in a particular sphere
(e.g: a brand-new edition of this filmgoers' bible)


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Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin biblia, from Greek (ta) biblia ‘(the) books’, from biblion ‘book’, originally a diminutive of biblos ‘papyrus, scroll’, of Semitic origin