bibliolater
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Disparaging. a person who believes that the Bible is inerrant or who follows the letter of the Bible to an unusual extent.
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a person who is particularly fond of books: a bibliophile.
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I suppose, my bibliolater, you have not yet finished your Hebrew or Samaritan translation of coquette.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas
The bibliolaters must, however, stand or fall by the many legendary tales which pass current for truth.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas
The word witch, these bibliolaters take it for granted, must mean exactly what the original Hebrew means, or the Greek word chosen by the LXX.; so much, and neither more nor less.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas
It must not be thought that we have now disarmed the bibliolaters.
From How the Bible was Invented A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society by Mangasarian, M. M. (Mangasar Mugurditch)
Thirdly—which disarms the whole objection from this text, howsoever construed—that, after all, it leaves the dispute with the bibliolaters wholly untouched.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas
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