Authorized Version
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1. Authorized Version - Noun
2. Authorized Version - Proper noun
Meaning
an English translation of the Bible published in 1611
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What Shakespeare has been to literature, what Bacon has been to philosophy, what the translators of the Authorized Version of the Bible have been to religion, Coke has been to the public and private law of England.
Andrewes' name is the first on the list of divines appointed to compile the Authorized Version of the Bible.
In 1999, Microsoft worked with Zapf and Linotype to develop a new, authorized version of Palatino for Microsoft, called Palatino Linotype.
In Isaiah 65:16, the authorized version has "the God of truth" ("the God of amen" in Hebrew ).
Copyright status The Authorized Version is in the public domain in most of the world.
Furthermore, disputes over the lucrative rights to print the Authorized Version dragged on through the 17th century, so none of the printers involved saw any commercial advantage in marketing a rival translation.