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2. Noun. (plural of bible) ¹

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Definition of Bibles

1. bible [n] - See also: bible

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bibles

Literary usage of Bibles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1922)
"Oxford bibles and Religious Book Week April 2-8 THE BIBLE is considered ... It is important to have a good stock of Oxford bibles for Religious Book Week. ..."

2. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1907)
"27 00 Wm. Hall To 6 bundles of bibles (unbound), 27 00 Wm. Hall To 6 bundles ... 24 00 Andw. Hause To 1 bundle of bibles (unbound), 8 5 Wm. Hall To 1 bundle ..."

3. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1896)
"One hundred of the five hundred bibles committed to their charge by the New York Bible Society were left for distribution with the Kentucky Bible Society, ..."

4. Historical Catalogue of the Printed Editions of Holy Scripture in the by Horace Frederick Moule, Thomas Herbert Darlow, British and Foreign Bible Society Library (1903)
"NOTE ON THE PRICES OP bibles IN THE EAKLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. A scarce tract entitled Scintilla, printed in 1641, which throws a flood of light on the ..."

5. A Register of National Bibliography: With a Selection of the Chief by William Prideaux Courtney (1905)
"introd. to the Greek and Roman classics, by TF Dibdin ; Gloucester, 1802—introd., etc., with an account of polyglot bibles and the best eds. of the Greek ..."

6. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"Several other Story-bibles in poetical form were subsequently composed, ... Moreover, later Story-bibles used earlier works of the same nature. ..."

7. The Christian Herald by John Edwards Caldwell (1819)
"One hundred bibles to the Young Men's Western Auxiliary Bible Society in Pittsburg, ... Two hundred bibles and three hundred Testaments to the New-York ..."

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