BIBLE
ADJECTIVES
1945 ► BIBLE-BASHING aggressively expounding or following the Bible → colloq.
1951 ► BIBLE-POUNDING expounding or following the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner → sl.
1951 ► BIBLE-PUNCHING expounding or following the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner → sl.
1951 ► BIBLE-THUMPING expounding or following the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner → sl.
1964 ► BIBLE-BANGING aggressively expounding or following the Bible → colloq.
NOUNS
1000 ► BIBLIOTHECA the Bible, the Scriptures Bible Old English usage
1753 ► BIBLIOMANCY divination by verses of the Bible, or by books
1845 ► CALFSKIN the Bible → Amer. dial.
1847 ► BIBLIOLATRY excessive reverence for the mere letter of the Bible
1864 ► BIBLIOCLASM destruction of the Bible, or of books
1879 ► BIBLISM adherence to the Bible as the sole rule of faith
NOUNS, PERSON
1538 ► BIBLER a student or reader of the Bible → obs.
1548 ► BIBLE-READER a reader of the Bible; also, one employed to read the Bible from house to house; a clergyman, a preacher
1562 ► BIBLIST a person who makes the Bible the sole rule of faith
1626 ► BIBLE-CLERK a student of the Bible
1653 ► BIBLIST a biblical student
1766 ► BIBLE-BIGOT a person who is obstinately devoted to the Bible; applied esp. to the Methodists → sometimes contemptuous usage
1826 ► BIBLIOLATRIST a person who pays undue regard to books; a book-worshipper; specifically, one who is supposed to regard the Bible with undue or extravagant respect; a worshipper of the Bible
1837 ► BIBLICIST a professed adherent of the letter of the Bible; one well versed in the Bible
1847 ► BIBLIOLATER a person who has an excessive reverence for the mere letter of the Bible
1853 ► BIBLE-STUDENT a person who reads the Bible
1859 ► BIBLE-WOMAN a person employed to read the Bible from house to house
1884 ► BIBLIOCLAST a destroyer of the Bible, or of books
1889 ► BIBLE-POUNDER a person who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous or aggressive manner, esp. a clergyman → sl.
1917 ► BIBLE-PUNCHER a person who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous or aggressive manner, esp. a clergyman
1923 ► BIBLE-THUMPER a person who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous or aggressive manner, esp. a clergyman → sl.
1942 ► BIBLE-BANGER a person who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous or aggressive manner, esp. a clergyman → Aust. & NZ colloq.
1958 ► BIBLE-BASHER a person who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous or aggressive manner, esp. a clergyman
VERBS
M19. ► SMACK CALFSKIN to swear on the Bible → sl.
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