Kjv-onlyer

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who asserts that the King James Version of the Bible is superior to all other English translations. informal

    "The meaning that can be derived from the word itself is "without error." In other words, the Bible was given without error of any sort. Now, excepting KJV-onlyers, most inerrantists would limit inerrancy to the original writings, none of which currently exist."

Example

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"The meaning that can be derived from the word itself is "without error." In other words, the Bible was given without error of any sort. Now, excepting KJV-onlyers, most inerrantists would limit inerrancy to the original writings, none of which currently exist."

Etymology

From KJV + only + -er.

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