Revised Standard Version

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noun

a revision of the Bible, based on the American Standard Version and the King James Version, prepared by American scholars, published in its completed form in 1952. Abbreviation: RSV

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Origin of Revised Standard Version

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby Revised Standard Version

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How to use Revised Standard Version in a sentence

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Completed in 1953 and composed with standard line breaks and punctuation, the book was completely ignored upon submission.
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The Authorised Version has: “And as a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife married of a virgin.”
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And furthermore, I imagine something else about this—quite unlike the old Bible—I imagine all of it periodically revised.
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And it would be hard indeed, if so remote a prince's notions of virtue and vice were to be offered as a standard for all mankind.
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The new creed, called the King's Book, approved by the houses of convocation, and made the standard of English orthodoxy.
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The news of these successes brought crowds of volunteers to our standard.
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British Dictionary definitions for Revised Standard Version

Revised Standard Version

noun

a revision by American scholars of the American Standard Version of the Bible. The New Testament was published in 1946 and the entire Bible in 1953

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