2. The Book by way of eminence, — that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by
Christians as of divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or translated; the
Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; — sometimes in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as,
King James's Bible; Douay Bible; Luther's Bible. Also, the book which is made up of writings similarly
accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical Bible.
3. A book containing the sacred writings belonging to any religion; as, the Koran is often called the Mohammedan
Bible.
Bible Society,
an association for securing the multiplication and wide distribution of the Bible. — Douay
Bible. See Douay Bible. — Geneva Bible. See under Geneva.
Bibler
(Bib"ler) n. [See Bib, v. t.] A great drinker; a tippler. [Written also bibbler and bibbeler.]
Biblical
(Bib"li*cal) a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible; as, biblical learning; biblical authority.
Biblicality
(Bib`li*cal"i*ty) n. The quality of being biblical; a biblical subject. [R.]
Biblically
(Bib"li*cal*ly) adv. According to the Bible.
Biblicism
(Bib"li*cism) n. [Cf. F. biblicisme.] Learning or literature relating to the Bible. [R.]
Biblicist
(Bib"li*cist) n. One skilled in the knowledge of the Bible; a demonstrator of religious truth by the
Scriptures.
Bibliograph
(Bib"li*o*graph`) n. Bibliographer.
Bibliographer
(Bib`li*og"ra*pher) n. [Gr. , fr. book + to write : cf. F. bibliographe.] One who writes,
or is versed in, bibliography.
Bibliographic
(Bib`li*o*graph"ic Bib`li*o*graph"ic*al) a. [Cf. F. bibliographique.] Pertaining to bibliography,
or the history of books. — Bib`li*o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
Bibliography
(Bib`li*og"ra*phy) n.; pl. Bibliographies [Gr. : cf. F. bibliographie.] A history or description
of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.
Bibliolater
(Bib`li*ol"a*ter Bib`li*ol"a*trist) n. [See. Bibliolatry.] A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper
of the Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration. De Quincey.
Bibliolatry
(Bib`li*ol"a*try) n. [Gr. bibli`on book + latrei`a service, worship, latrey`ein to serve.] Book
worship, esp. of the Bible; — applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the
Bible over that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the
Scriptures. Coleridge. F. W. Newman.
Bibliological
(Bib`li*o*log"ic*al) a. Relating to bibliology.
Bibliology
(Bib`li*ol"o*gy) n. [Gr. book + -logy.]
1. An account of books; book lore; bibliography.
2. The literature or doctrine of the Bible.
Bibliomancy
(Bib"li*o*man`cy) n. [Gr. book + -mancy: cf. F. bibliomancie.] A kind of divination, performed
by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events.
(Bib`li*o*ma"ni*a) n. [Gr. book + madness: cf. F. bibliomanie.] A mania for acquiring books.