bible
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1 capitalized, religion
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The Bonghitters of High Times, the marijuana bible. — Jason Gay, WSJ, "Bryce Harper Is Playing Hardball. He Should Play Softball.," 10 Feb. 2019 An impressive wine list catalogs a virtual bible of vintages tucked into a 700-bottle wine cellar; 614-451-9774, refectory.com. — Katherine Rodeghier, chicagotribune.com, "Midwest eats: Spice up your meal by dining in one of these repurposed restaurants," 26 June 2018 The manifesto felt like a cross between a playbook and a bible. — Katherine Goldstein, Vox, "I was a Sheryl Sandberg superfan. Then her “Lean In” advice failed me.," 6 Dec. 2018 If there’s a relationship bible, this would be it—and for good reason. — Anne Roderique-jones, SELF, "I Tested ‘Love Languages’ and 3 Other Relationship Books on My Marriage," 7 Oct. 2018 The Chinese government is destroying crosses, burning bibles, closing churches and forcing Christian believers to sign papers renouncing their faith as the crackdown on religious congregations in Beijing and several provinces intensifies. — Lukas Mikelionis, Fox News, "Chinese officials burn bibles, close churches, force Christian to denounce faith amid 'escalating' crackdown," 10 Sep. 2018 Giphy Yesterday, Merriam-Webster, the dictionary company behind Scrabble's word bible, announced its latest dastardly plan to break up couples, friends, and families everywhere: Scrabble is adding 300 new words to its official players' dictionary. — Sally Holmes, Marie Claire, "Scrabble Launches New Plan to Break Up Couples Everywhere," 25 Sep. 2018 Getting the details felt important, and so my bibles were the memoirs. — Thomas Gebremedhin, WSJ, "Timothée Chalamet, Steve Carell, and Director Felix van Groeningen Discuss Addiction and Fatherhood," 3 Oct. 2018 This exhibition is the first to bring together the work of this California botanist, writer and photographer whose cannabis cultivation guides served as bibles of weed way before there were such things as private equity firms focused on cannabis. — Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, "Datebook: Portraits of peers, collages inspired by the African diaspora and art for feline lovers," 14 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bible.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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