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(proper) The revised English translation of the Bible published in England in 1611 with the authorization of King James I.
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(UK) A translation of the Bible from the original Hebrew (Old Testament) and Greek (New Testament) commisioned for the Church of England.
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Authorized-version Sentence Examples

  • The Law and the Prophets being alone used in the services of the synagogue, there was no authorized version of the rest of the Canon.

  • His great work, the Mikhlol, consists of a grammar and lexicon; his commentaries on various parts of the Bible are admirably luminous, and, in spite of his anti-Christian remarks, have been widely used by Christian theologians and largely influenced the English authorized version of the Bible.

  • His translation of the Bible was so sure and happy that it formed the basis of subsequent renderings, especially that of the authorized version of 1611.

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