biblio-, bibli-, bibl-, biblico- +

1. A copy or an edition of the Scriptures.
2. A book containing the sacred writings of any religion.

1. Any book considered authorittive or indispensable on a particular subject or subjects.
2. An unrivaled reference book or guidebook.
3. When not capitalized, it refers to a book that is looked upon as authoritative or as a pre-eminent work of literature.
4. A collection of writings or a library of books.

A non-book.

“I can read anything which I call a book,” wrote Charles Lamb. “There are things in that shape which I cannot allow for such. In this catalogue of books which are not books—biblia a-biblia—I reckon Court (Royal) Calendars, Directories, Pocket Books, Draught Boards, bound and lettered on the back, Scientific Treatises, Almanacs, Statutes at Large, the works of Hume, Gibbon, Robertson, Beattie, Soame Jenyns, and generally, all those volumes which ‘no gentleman’s library should be without.’ ”

Any of the picture books illustrating Biblical events and usually containing a short text, used chiefly in the Middle Ages for purposes of religious instruction.

The series commonly consists of forty or fifty pages and each page is divided into nine sections. The four corners were used for explanatory texts while the central pictures represent scenes from Christ's life, arranged chronologically.

Above and below these are pictures of prophets and on each side are scenes from the Old Testament, all of which results in a concordance of the Old and the New Testaments

Of, or pertaining to, derived from, or in accord with the Bible; as, Biblical learning; Biblical authority.

Of, or pertaining to, derived from, or in accord with the Bible; such as, Biblical learning; Biblical authority.

1. The literal interpretation of the Bible.
2. Learning or literature relating to the Bible.
3. Having a particular regard for the Bible as the Word of God and the ultimate authority for religious belief and morality.

1. A person who is versed in the Bible.
2. Someone who adheres to the letter of the Bible; specifically, one of the medieval doctors (sometimes called Biblical doctors) who demonstrated religious truths chiefly by means of the Bible.

A person who interprets the Bible as literal (verbatim et literatim), exact, and undeviating from what is written.

A combining form from Biblic, denoting relating to the Bible: Biblical; as in Biblicolegal, Biblicoliterary, Biblicopsychological.

This word means literally “book obesity”, vast rolls of verbal flab squeezed between hard or soft covers.

1. People who read too much, oblivious of the real world.
2. Anyone who gets "drunk on books" or who reads too much; excessive reading.

Destruction of books, especially the Bible.

Book burning is just one way of destroying books, often ceremoniously, including one or more copies of a book or other written material during the process.

In modern times, other forms of media; such as, phonograph records, video tapes, and CDs have also been ceremoniously burned, torched, or shredded. The practice is usually carried out in public, and is generally motivated by moral, religious, or political objections to the materials.

1. A destroyer or mutilator of books.
2. Someone who habitually mutilates books.

A microfilm used especially in libraries to photograph the pages of valuable or much-used books.