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Definition of Authorized Version
1. Noun. An English translation of the Bible published in 1611.
Generic synonyms: Bible, Book, Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word, Word Of God
Definition of Authorized Version
1. Proper noun. (British) A translation of the Bible from the original Hebrew (Old Testament) and Greek (New Testament) commisioned for the Church of England. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Authorized Version
Literary usage of Authorized Version
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1870)
"And he adds in a note :— " In recommending a revision of the Authorized Version
I have the satisfaction to agree with Archbishop Seeker, Archbishop Newcome, ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The Authorized Version was printed in the usual form of chapters and verses, ...
Although it was stated on the title-page that the Authorized Version was ..."
3. Unitarian Principles Confirmed by Trinitarian Testimonies: Being Selections by Octavius Brooks Frothingham, John Wilson (1880)
"NEED OF REVISING THE Authorized Version OF THB BIBLE, AND CORRECTING IT FROM A
PURE TEXT. The hold which the mistranslations of the authorized version [of ..."
4. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1873)
"RIGGS'S EMENDATIONS OP THE Authorized Version.*—In this volume, Dr. Riggs, the
distinguished missionary of the American Board at Constantinople, ..."
5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"The translation was then called " The Authorized Version " (although it does not
appear ever to have been " authorized ") or " King James's Version," and ..."
6. Book Auction Records by Frank Karslake (1904)
"17 Authorized Version, 2 v. in I, engd. titles, hf. mor., 410, R. Barker, 1606 С.
Jackson, is S. July 22 Authorized Version (shaved) 410, R. Barker, ..."
7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1863)
"In the Authorized Version the word servant is used all through the narrative.
... Here, I think, Wiclif is decidedly in advance of the Authorized Version. ..."
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