the Jewish religion,
consisting of the Torah (or Law), the Prophets,
and the Writings {&%&):■.(■
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of the holy book of the
Christian or Jewish religion — M ( )
•'<$&> 4 [Cl a book containing
important information on a
subject, that you refer to very often |( *?£##45 ) : the stamp-collector’s bibie
'Bible-bashing (also Bible-thumping) noun [u]
(informal,
disapproving) the act of teaching or
talking about the Bible in public in a very enthusiastic or aggressive way M
«$#£» ► 'Bible-basher,
Bible-thumper noun
the Bible Belt noun [sing.] an area of the southern and middle western US where
people have strong and strict Christian beliefs (
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bib lical (also Bib lical) /'biblikl/ adj. 1
connected
with the Bible; in the Bible ^ 64; «£*£»
4^64:
biblical scholarship/times/scenes Xj ^
4^ 64
W?l
/ / MM 0 biblical stories/passages
«§&»
fcfcfc / 2 very great; on a large scale ■ XM
H 64: a thunderstorm of biblical proportions ## ftH f»TOl know sb in the biblical sense (humorous) to
have had sex with sb : He had
known her—but not in the biblical
sense. fikikiRM, fM
biblio- /'bibliao; NAmE -liou/
combining
form (in nouns, adjectives and adverbs ffcj
JEft 45 ill , M $ M*J ji) connected with books ( ) 4564: bibliophile f|45#
bibli og raphy /.bibli'ngrafi; NAmE -'a:g-/
noun (pi. -ies)
1
[C]
a list of books or articles about a particular subject or by a particular
author; the list of books, etc. that have been used by sb writing an article,
etc. (
m\; ##45 @ 2 [U] the study of the
history of books and their production i ^; 45 ^ ► bibli-og-raph-er /-'Dgrafa(r); NAmE -'a:g-/
noun bib-lio-graph-ic-al
/.biblia'graefikl/
adj. bib-lio-phile /'bibliafail/ noun (formal) a person who loves or collects books f|45#; $|45|C 'bib overalls noun [pi.]
(NAmE) = dungarees(I) bibu lous /'bibjulas/ adj. (old-fashioned or humorous) liking to drink too
much alcohol ft 64; of S$|$ bi cam eral /.bai'kaemaral/ adj. (technical # i|f)
(of a parliament i$C^) having two main parts, such as the Senate and the House
of Representatives in the US, and the House of Commons and the House of Lords
in Britain 64 ( #B It S 64 #i^4fl&i^,