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Definition of Good Book
1. Noun. The sacred writings of the Christian religions. "He went to carry the Word to the heathen"
Generic synonyms: Religious Text, Religious Writing, Sacred Text, Sacred Writing
Specialized synonyms: Family Bible
Specialized synonyms: Vulgate, Douay Bible, Douay Version, Douay-rheims Bible, Douay-rheims Version, Rheims-douay Bible, Rheims-douay Version, Authorized Version, King James Bible, King James Version, Revised Version, New English Bible, American Revised Version, American Standard Version, Revised Standard Version
Terms within: Old Testament, Testament, New Testament, Text
Examples of category: Covenant, Eisegesis, Exegesis, Gabriel, Noachian Deluge, Noah And The Flood, Noah's Flood, The Flood, Demythologise, Demythologize
Derivative terms: Biblical, Biblical, Scriptural
Definition of Good Book
1. Noun. The Christian Bible. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Good Book
Literary usage of Good Book
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)
"Good Book-Making THAT the book buyers and booksellers have become steadily ...
Another good book from Marshall Jones Company is the Ralph Adams Cram volume ..."
2. New Testament Illustrations: Comprising Choice Selections, Anecdotes by William Basil Jones (1875)
"WHAT THE READING OF A Good Book DID. And what hast thou that thou didst not receive?
Now, if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not ..."
3. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association, Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter (1908)
"Another good book, but not very well known, is Willard's "City government for
young people." This is for older children than "Town and city" was intended ..."
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