the Bible

noun

: the book of sacred writings used in the Christian religion

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But almost every book in the Bible mentions wine or vines or vineyards. Lauren Green, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025 Barber said Christian Nationalism shouldn't even be a term, because the Bible doesn't support the idea of loyalty to a country or a person. Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025 Another superintendent, Tommy Turner of Battiest Public Schools, said students at his schools have always had access to the Bible. Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025 And in each individual voice there are echoes of other voices, contemporary or past, written or oral, political or philosophical, from the Bible or from newspaper articles, rumors about town, memories of someone long dead. Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Bible

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“The Bible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Bible. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.

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