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family Bible

noun

  1. a large Bible usually having pages at the front for recording the marriages, births, and deaths in a family.


family Bible

noun

  1. a large Bible used for family worship in which births, marriages, and deaths are recorded
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of family Bible1

First recorded in 1775–85
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Other items that will be auctioned off include Sherman’s uniform’s rank insignia worn during the Civil War, a family Bible and his personal, annotated copy of Ulysses S. Grant’s memoirs.

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Former Vice President Mike Pence often talks of how he “joined the Reagan revolution and never looked back,†and took his oath with his hand on the Reagan family Bible.

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With the exception of family Bibles, as well as rare and personal volumes, books rarely remain in families for generations like photos, china or linen.

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Sheridan's track record leads me to guess that most people will trust that the scattered plot of "1923" will eventually knot into a story worth noting in the Dutton family Bible.

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She said she believed it had been recorded in a family Bible as March 12, 1909, The Washington Post reported.

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