family Bible
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of family Bible
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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South Carolina had no official record of her birth, according to her son, but Ms. McLaurin said she believed her birth date to have been recorded in a family Bible as March 12, 1909.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 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
One of the only things he was able to salvage from his home was his family Bible, and inside he discovered his birth certificate, so at least now he has an ID.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 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
The family Bible and a huge dictionary with its own magnifying glass lay side by side next to a red plush album full of cramped formal portraits of my ancestors.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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