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New English Bible

noun

an English translation (1970) of the Bible into contemporary idiom, directed by Anglican and other Protestant churches of Great Britain.

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British Dictionary definitions for new english bible

New English Bible

noun

a new Modern English version of the Bible and Apocrypha, published in full in 1970
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