family Bible

noun

a large Bible usually having pages at the front for recording the marriages, births, and deaths in a family.

family Bible

a large Bible used for family worship in which births, marriages, and deaths are recorded

First recorded in 1775–85

The old family bible was in more constant use, and each day was commenced and ended with prayer.

She went to the Family Bible which lay on the marble-topped table in the front room and took it out.

Many believed him to be past a hundred years when he died, but the family Bible was not available to prove the date of his birth.

On the top dresser to the right of the fireplace in the kitchen of Kenmuir lies the family Bible.

My gowns are decent and fit my morals, and I would as soon change the cover on the Manning family Bible.

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