family Bible
Ancestral record book
A family Bible is a large Bible, often kept prominently in the home, containing blank pages for recording births, marriages, and deaths across generations.
Before civil registration became standard, these records served as important genealogical documents: The family Bible showed five generations of Hendersons born in that county.
Item preserved for sentiment
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- legacyWhat's passed down
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
sentimental · antique · treasured · bequeathed · generations · safekeeping · attic · cedar chest
Sacred canonical writings
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- psalmsReligious songs of praise
- proverbsTraditional wisdom capsules
verses · chapters · epistles · parables · commandments · King James · gilt-edged · frontispiece
Ceremonial set of actions
- customHabitual group practice
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- observanceKeeping of customs
bedtime prayers · grace · gathering · household · patriarch · matriarch · hearth · mantelpiece
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- descendantsThose who come after
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
bloodline · generations · births · deaths · marriages · baptisms · records · inscriptions
keepsake
Item preserved for sentiment
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- legacyWhat's passed down
- ancestralOf one's forebears
preservation · sentimental · antique · treasured · bequeathed · generations · safekeeping · attic · cedar chest · pressed flowers
Holy Scriptures
Sacred canonical writings
proverbs · verses · chapters · epistles · parables · commandments · King James · gilt-edged · frontispiece · illuminated
ritual
Ceremonial set of actions
- customHabitual group practice
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
observance · bedtime prayers · grace · gathering · household · patriarch · matriarch · hearth · mantelpiece · displayed
ancestry
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- descendantsThose who come after
ancestors · bloodline · generations · births · deaths · marriages · baptisms · records · inscriptions · names
- Bible for kidsbaby Jesus, David and Goliath, Jonah and the whale, Jonah and whale, creation story
- Bible editionsKing James Version, KJV, NIV, RSV, Septuagint
- BiblesKing James Version, Tanakh, NIV, RSV, KJV
- faith familiesdaily devotions, mealtime prayers, grace at meals, scripture reading, prayer life
- home devotionhome altar, morning prayer, evening prayer, daily devotion, devotional reading
- scripturesVedas, Quran, Torah, Torah scroll, Tanakh
family Bibleparish register
Congregation's official record book
church register · public records · official registry · census records · court records
family, Bible, families, familial, familiar, familiarity, familiarize, familiarization, unfamiliar