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UK
/bˈɪblɪkəl/
]
[ US /ˈbɪbɫəkəɫ, ˈbɪbɫɪkəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈbɪbɫəkəɫ, ˈbɪbɫɪkəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible
biblical names
biblical Hebrew -
in keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or people
biblical costumes
a beard of biblical proportions
biblical styles in writing
How To Use biblical In A Sentence
- The first, built by Solomon (1012 B.C.) appears from the Biblical description [6] to have combined Egyptian conceptions (successive courts, lofty entrance-pylons, the Sanctuary and the sekos or “Holy of Holies”) with A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised
- Their readings have roots in and derive their stimulus from historical and political schema of dissent outlined in the biblical narratives.
- Through their work, the fruits of biblical scholarship were disseminated to an ever-widening audience.
- This Frankfurt-born artist who was based in Rome specialised in biblical and mythological subjects in oil on copper panels.
- His closest friends had no time for biblical Christianity, his church attendance lapsed, and his work became increasingly secular, including writing for the theatre.
- William Ragsdale, playing the Sheriff oof, playing sheriffs... well, life is short of a small bayou town hagged by what seem to be Biblical plagues. Oh, you're so COOL, Brewster!
- More biblical exegesis is needed to sustain and to further the position of Vatican II.
- The prose is strewn with biblical and poetic tags and pang full of rhetorical devices.
- As Tunisians flooded Lampedusa earlier this month, Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, of the anti-immigrant Northern League, stoked fears that terrorists and al-Qaida supporters could have mingled among what he described as a "biblical exodus" of migrants. The Seattle Times
- There is a contradiction here, both within his statements and with the biblical text.