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Authorized Version

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noun

  1. Also known as the: King James Version.   King James Bible.  an English translation of the Bible published in 1611 under James I

"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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But Mr. Kirkpatrick has a backup plan — the Authorized Version, better known as the King James Bible.

From Washington Times • May 26, 2021

What became known as the King James, or Authorized, Version was based heavily on the Geneva Bible but more in conformity to the Church of England, McDermott said.

From Washington Times • May 11, 2019

We may imagine him as a stuffed robe-and-crown who gives a thumbs-up to the Authorized Version and fades into muffled bedchambers, but James was a serious man of letters.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 6, 2014

His conclusion, according to the Friedmans: "Since Shakespeare wrote the Psalms, and Shakespeare was not the real Shakespeare, the Authorized Version must show the hidden hand of Francis Bacon."

From Time Magazine Archive

In fact, all should have been passed by in silence, but that unhappily the “Revision” of our Authorized Version is touched thereby very nearly indeed.

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William

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