BIBLICAL

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Bib⋅li⋅cal

[bib-li-kuh

–adjective

1.	of or in the Bible: a Biblical name.

2.	in accord with the Bible.

3.	evocative of or suggesting the Bible or Biblical times, esp. in size or extent: disaster on a Biblical scale; a Biblical landscape.

Also, bib⋅li⋅cal.

Origin:
1780–90; < ML biblic(us) (bibl(ia) Bible + -icus -ic ) + -al ¹

Related forms:

Bib⋅li⋅cal⋅ly, bib⋅li⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

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bib·li·cal also Bib·li·cal (bĭb'lĭ-kəl)

adj.

Of, relating to, or contained in the Bible.
Being in keeping with the nature of the Bible, especially:
1. Suggestive of the personages or times depicted in the Bible.
2. Suggestive of the prose or narrative style of the King James Bible.
Very great in extent; enormous: a natural disaster of near biblical proportions.

[From Medieval Latin biblicus, from Late Latin biblia, Bible; see Bible.]
Bib'li·cal·ly adv.

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