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family Bible

American

noun

a large Bible usually having pages at the front for recording the marriages, births, and deaths in a family.

family Bible British

noun

a large Bible used for family worship in which births, marriages, and deaths are recorded

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Etymology

Origin of family Bible

First recorded in 1775–85

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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

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

“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

She opened the door and pulled out the family Bible.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

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