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noun (1)

ˈbī-bəl How to pronounce Bible (audio)
Definition of Biblenext
as in Scripture
a book made up of the writings accepted by Christians as coming from God she received a lovely Bible as a First Communion gift

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as in guide

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Recent Examples of Bible
Noun
Runway, that bible of fashion and art, is under threat—from Barnes, from his grim brand of techno-Darwinism, from the large language model made flesh. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026 Weisberger worked under Wintour at the fashion bible and used the editor as her inspiration for the 2003 novel on which the film was adapted. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
Frohnmaier also has in his office a famous 2020 photo of Trump holding a bible at a Washington, DC, church amid protests near the White House. — Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026 Initially, the script, for want of a better word, was my bible, my oracle. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for Bible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Bible
  1. guide
  2. guidebook
  3. encyclopedia
  4. reference
  5. dictionary
Noun
  • Cytopoint injections can cost ​roughly $50 to $200 per treatment, while monthly Librela ​injections are estimated at about $65 to $250 depending ⁠on dog size, according to pricing guides published by Vety, MarketWatch and SpectrumCare.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Perhaps the map on the frontispiece is not just an aid for reading, but a suggestion that the book itself is a kind of guide, showing us a path toward a tolerance and civic engagement that seem as threatened as Grouse County’s fields and farms.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of guide
Noun
  • Their dalliances with elite men made the tabloids, and their biographies were printed in guidebooks.
    — H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2026
  • What if there were regional sections in which all these elements—novels, poetry, histories, guidebooks—were grouped?
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of guidebook
Noun
  • The encyclopedia continued to grow, but its number of active editors hit a ceiling in 2007, and hasn’t recovered since.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The Wikimedia Foundation, operator of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, is the latest organization to claim its sites were impacted by rogue OpenAI agents.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of encyclopedia
Noun
  • McDoom is mostly more reverent toward her acid-folk references than her Jamaican ones.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The power architecture could serve as a reference for other data centers as the industry moves toward 800-volt DC infrastructure.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of reference
Noun
  • The dictionary said that its experts monitor the 27-billion-word database, which draws from sources including social media, to create its annual list of words that reflect the ever-evolving English language.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Defenders of the Spanish academy’s dictionary said the work’s educational role should prevail.
    — Juan Melamed, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of dictionary

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“Bible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Bible. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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