family Bible
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of family Bible
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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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.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
She said she believed it had been recorded in a family Bible as March 12, 1909, The Washington Post reported.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
In the late 1980s, the Diggs family of Southern California came across a family Bible with an incredible backstory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2022
In fact, three were used in the swearing-in ceremonies – Kamala Harris used both Thurgood Marshall's and one belonging to a friend; Joseph Biden used a 128-year-old family Bible.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2021
They made notations in their family Bible, indicating places where biblical scholars deemed passages inauthentic, added later by unknown authors.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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