Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
The chapter number and verse number (within a particular book) that locate a quotation from the Bible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literally, uncountable
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noun
Specific references from an authoritative book or document, cited to support a statement or position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Very full and detailed information.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable
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History
From the practice, especially among Protestant Christians, of using quotations from the Bible to support positions taken in sermons or discussions. Such quotations gain additional weight when the speaker is able to name not only the book he cites from, but the specific chapter and verse.
