Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”). · Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“the analogous holy book of another religion”). · A comprehensive manual that describes something, or a publication with a loyal readership; a foundational text. · Ellipsis of pitch bible.
Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”). · Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“the analogous holy book of another religion”).
From Middle English bible, from Middle Latin biblia (“book”) (misinterpreted as a feminine from earlier Latin neuter plural biblia (“books”)), from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”), originally a diminutive of βίβλος (bíblos, “book”), from βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”) (from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material). Old English used biblioþēce (from βιβλιοθήκη) and ġewritu (> English writs) for "the Scriptures".
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