[bi.ble] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. ML biblia, fr. Gk, pl. of biblion book, dim. of byblos papyrus, book, fr. Byblos, ancient Phoenician city from which papyrus was exported] (14c) 1 cap a: the sacred scriptures of Christians comprising the Old Testament and the New Testament b: the sacred scriptures of some other religion (as Judaism)
2. obs: book 3 cap: a copy or an edition of the Bible
4: a publication that is preeminent esp. in authoritativeness or wide readership "the fisherman's ~" "the ~ of the entertainment industry"