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FAMILY BIBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Bible mean?
• FAMILY BIBLE (noun)
The noun FAMILY BIBLE has 1 sense:
1. a large Bible with pages to record marriages and births
Familiarity information: FAMILY BIBLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large Bible with pages to record marriages and births
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("family Bible" is a kind of...):
Bible; Book; Christian Bible; Good Book; Holy Scripture; Holy Writ; Scripture; Word; Word of God (the sacred writings of the Christian religions)
Context examples
She put the book in the front room on top of the family Bible.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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