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Bible paper is a thin grade of paper used for printing books which have a large number of pages, such as a bible. Technically it is called lightweight offset paper and is a type of woodfree uncoated paper. This paper grade often contains cotton or linen fibres to increase its strength in spite of its thinness.
It is used for making Bibles, encyclopedias and dictionaries; as well as some fiction books such as the ones published by the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade. The Norton Anthology of English Literature is also known for using Bible paper (an essayist from the New York Times referred to it as "wispy cigarette paper").
Usage examples of "bible paper".
The long finish intriguingly combined Bible paper and sunflower seeds.
He had bought a whole page of Bible paper, which made the best cigarettes.
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom had not only been given the trappings of a marbled slipcase, leather binding, and beautiful endpapers, it had been printed like the King James Bible itself, on Bible paper, set in double columns of linotype.