bible

Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”).

The bible was used by Presley throughout his life until his death on 16 August 1977 and contains his handwritten notes, thoughts and annotations.

Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“the analogous holy book of another religion”).

The Buddhist bible tells this story of Buddha’s time of temptation when he was living as a hermit on the Mount of Snow.

A comprehensive manual that describes something, or a publication with a loyal readership.

handyman’s bible

Computer Lib was written as a popular primer, but its most profound effect was on computer programmers, who needed little persuasion about the value of computers. […] Having set out to appeal to the general public, Nelson managed to publish an insider's bible and highly intimate guide to hacker culture.

A comprehensive manual that describes something, or a publication with a loyal readership.

Ellipsis of pitch bible.

The main religious text in Christianity.

In my religion class we learn about the Bible, as well as religious texts of other religions.

He spoke of the great demand for books. Had sold as many as fifty Bibles in one day. Has sold Bibles to nearly all the officials in the Nan-ch'ang prefecture and has several orders in hand for books of good binding.

The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible.

She's Jewish, but she doesn't read the Bible because she's not religious.

The analogous holy book of another religion or belief.

The cult's ideological substance was the popular digest dubbed by foreigners the Little Red Book or the Bible of Maoism.

A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned texts.

He had just become able to read, with much effort, short sentences in his Bible, and was constantly engaged during his leisure hours in studying its pages.

An American imprisoned for nearly six months in North Korea has admitted that he deliberately left a Bible in a nightclub, in one of his first major interviews since his release.[…]“I felt once I left the Bible somewhere that God would take it the rest of the way into the hands of some kind of Christian organisation, and I’d be able to waltz out of country fat, dumb and happy, no problem... But God had other plans.”