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bible

bi.ble \'bi--b*l\ n [ME, fr OF, fr. ML biblia, fr. Gk, pl. of biblion book, 
   dim. of ] often attrib byblos papyrus, book, fr. Byblos, ancient Phoenician 
   city from which papyrus was exported cap  1: the sacred scriptures of 
   Christians comprising the Old Testament and the  New Testament cap  2: the 
   sacred scriptures of Judaism or of some other religion  obs  3: BOOK  cap  
   4: a copy or an edition of the Bible  5: a publication that is preeminent 
   esp. in authoritativeness  6: something suggesting a book : as  6a: a small 
   holystone  6b: OMASUM