Biblical
or bib·li·cal
[bib-li-kuh l]
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adjective
of or in the Bible: a Biblical name.
in accord with the Bible.
evocative of or suggesting the Bible or Biblical times, especially in size or extent: disaster on a Biblical scale; a Biblical landscape.
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Origin of Biblical
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Examples from the Web for biblically
Contemporary Examples of biblically
It was code-named Machon Ayalon, or the Ayalon Institute, after a biblically significant valley in Israel.
And, just eyeballing it here, that ark looked closer to four hundred cubits than the biblically prescribed three hundred.
But, biblically speaking, angels are as likely to be sending a message as delivering one.
There is room for biblically held beliefs with regard to sexuality, but we need to change how we talk about them.
Family Research Council’s Award to Antigay Pastor Ron Baity Rewards Hate SpeechKirsten Powers
June 15, 2012
“Her stand is basically a biblically oriented stand...that has no basis in fact,” Coyne told The Daily Beast in an e-mail.
Historical Examples of biblically
He had spent his days in what might be termed, biblically, riotous living.
The Gay CockadeTemple Bailey
biblical
adjective
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