The Murderers' Bible
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
An edition of 1801 in which the misprint murderers for murmeret y makes Jude, 16, read: 'These are murderers, complainers, walking after their own lusts, etc.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “The Murderers' Bible” mean?
An edition of 1801 in which the misprint murderers for murmeret y makes Jude, 16, read: 'These are murderers, complainers, walking after their own lusts, etc.
Is “The Murderers' Bible” formal or informal?
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