family Bible
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of family Bible
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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Jones is equally adept at the delicate prose, as in this description of a well-worn family Bible: “The paper, thin as butterfly wings, was heavy with wisdom.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
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.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
“I took the oath of office — lifted my hand off our family Bible — and inherited a nation in crisis,” Biden said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2021
A great-uncle shared with him a family Bible that had belonged to his own great-grandmother, who was born into slavery in 1865, just before Emancipation.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2021
Ma resigned, Grandpa stoic, clasping the family Bible.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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