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Webster 1913 Edition


Biblical

Bib′li-cal

(bĭb′lĭ-kal)
,
Adj.
Pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible;
as,
biblical
learning;
biblical
authority
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Biblical

BIB'LICAL

,
Adj.
Pertaining to the Bible, or to the sacred writings; as biblical criticism.

Definition 2024


Biblical

Biblical

See also: biblical

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Adjective

Biblical (comparative more Biblical, superlative most Biblical)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of biblical.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess:
      Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.

biblical

biblical

See also: Biblical

English

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Adjective

biblical (comparative more biblical, superlative most biblical)

  1. Of or relating to the Bible.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess:
      Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
    Tithing is both a quranic and biblical virtue.
  2. In accordance with the teachings of the Bible (according to some interpretation of it).
    The biblical teaching is that []
    biblical morality
  3. Very great; especially, exceeding previous records in scale.
    of biblical proportions; with biblical fury

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