Noun
a large Bible with pages to record marriages and births
Source: WordNetThe first pages of memory are like the old family Bible. The first leaves are wholly faded and somewhat soiled with handling. But, when we turn further, and come to the chapters where Adam and Eve were banished from Paradise, then, all begins to grow clear and legible. Max Müller
A perverse nature can be stimulated by anything. Any book can be used as a pornographic instrument, even a great work of literature if the mind that so uses it is off-balance. I once found a small boy masturbating in the presence of the Victorian steel-engraving in a family Bible. Anthony Burgess
It is heartrending to read the entries in many an old family Bible - the records of suffering, distress, and blasted hopes. Alice Morse Earle
Ambrose (1983), p. 32. His parents set aside specific times at breakfast and at dinner for daily family Bible reading. Source: Internet
Within a household, typical family contact may continue, but without spiritual fellowship such as family Bible study and religious discussions. Source: Internet
This was because they needed to show the German Embassy certain documents, such as a family Bible, as proof that their ancestors were originally from Germany. Source: Internet