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
With a crucial feature called “shift timing,” the machine was about the size of a family Bible and allowed the producer to program in human-style inconsistencies measure by measure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2022
Among the flood’s victims: the family Bible and a first edition of Izaak Walton’s biography of John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker and George Herbert.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2021
Great uncles were being resurrected from the family Bible and studied carefully.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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