Authorized Version
Britishnoun
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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
Ah, but of course, I am thinking of the Prayer Book and not the Authorized Version.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The condition was enjoined upon them that whenever “decidedly preponderating evidence” constrained their adoption of some change in “the Text from which the Authorized Version was made,” they should indicate such alteration in the margin.
From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon
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