bibliophile

plural bibliophiles · alternative archaic bibliophil

1. One who loves books.

   [A] savage passage of 14th-century invective about the text-obsessed nerdiness of the Florentine bibliophile and friend of Petrarch, Niccolò Niccoli ...

   2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R28

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   A bad example often finds imitators, and every season there crop up for public sale one or two such collections formed by bibliomaniacs who, although calling themselves bibliophiles, ought really to be ranked among the worst enemies of books.

   1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 97

2. One who collects books, not necessarily due to any interest in reading them.
3. rareOne who loves the Bible.

   I dont^([sic]) consider myself a bibliophile....I just think it is God's word.

   1999 February 18, Silva, “WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF JESUS *DID* RETURN?”, in alt.bible.errancy (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Feb 2026

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   So, just for fun, here are the versions of Romans 1:26-27. Now don't go assuming jsmith@epas.utoronto.ca must be some kind of great bibliophile because he got all these old versions together. They're all in one place, the _New Testament Octapla_ by Luther Weigle, and I added a few of my own texts from my library; took me only a few minutes to type them.

   1995 April 23, Julian Smith, “Romans 1:26-27 Variants II”, in bit.listserv.catholic (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Feb 2026

   >HA HA here we have this Bastachs Fuckhead >defending Christianity […] Your name is as wrong as the rest of your idiotic notions: you're not a bibliophile, you're a bibliophobe.

   2003 December 17, penitent leper, “Why was Christ Crucified ?”, in alt.religion.christian (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Feb 2026

plural Bibliophiles

1. Alternative letter-case form of bibliophile (“one who loves the Bible”).

   Lizz 'I have a Douay, a King James, and a Revised Standard Edition--I guess I really am a Bibliophile' Holmans

   2005 February 25, Lizz Holmans, “A real tree?”, in alt.religion.jehovahs-witn (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Feb 2026

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   > Whether or not a nonbeliever would care is moot. That's what bugs me about Bibliophiles, "Bible-worshippers." I was replying to a nonbeliever, so it most definitely is not moot. Look at the context, man.

   1996 July 15, John Hyde, “Origin of reality (was Re: ...VULGARITY...TOWARDS THE BOSS!)”, in alt.christnet.ethics (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Feb 2026

   I'm not a Bibliophile, but I'm curious about something. You say that NT [New Testament] was translated from Greek to English. But, the Greeks had to at least do translations from x (Hebrew?) to Greek. You don't mean that Paul and Friends spoke Greek, do you?

   1996 September 4, //, “Creationists prohibit GOD from using HIS method !?”, in alt.catastrophism (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Feb 2026

   > Where in the Bible does it say the soul is immortal? Or that > suffering is eternal? Not being a Bibliophile these many years, I don't really know where it says the soul is immortal. I was raised to believe in the immortal soul but I don't remember where it would be.

   1998 June 22, Bottlebob, “New Concept on aliens and Jesus Christ”, in alt.autos.camaro.firebird (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Feb 2026

   > > You read the Bible wrong, obviously. > > Bibiliolatry is not a good substitute for having a relationship with God, > who is love. I don't have a relationship with God, I have a relationship with a real woman. Not a Bibliophile but a believer in what God considers unforgiveable.

   2001 September 8, lijunfan, “It's Homosexual SHAME Month Again!”, in alt.politics.homosexuality (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Feb 2026