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Bib⋅li⋅cal

  [bib-li-kuhl]
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–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.  
  1. Of, relating to, or contained in the Bible.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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Biblical

Bib"li*cal\ (b[i^]b"l[i^]*kal), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible; as, biblical learning; biblical authority.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : biblical
Spanish: bíblico,
German: biblisch,
Japanese: 聖書の
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