family Bible
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of family Bible
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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Other items that will be auctioned off include Sherman’s uniform’s rank insignia worn during the Civil War, a family Bible and his personal, annotated copy of Ulysses S. Grant’s memoirs.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
“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
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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