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biblical /ˈbɪblɪk(ə)l /adjective1Relating to or contained in the Bible: the biblical account of creation biblical times...- Thus, early accounts of human diversity were framed within the biblical story of the creation emphasizing the unity of human kind.
- The biblical parables of banquets are illustrations of such encounters.
- Honest and loving dialogue between churches is a biblical and evangelical imperative.
1.1Resembling the language or style of the Bible: there is a biblical cadence in the last words he utters...- Perhaps that is why his testimony is full of language which has an almost biblical resonance.
- I did not mean for my poem to have any Biblical tone.
- The poem is mythical and biblical not only in its style but also in its sources.
1.2Very great; on a very large scale: we need rainfall of biblical proportions to bring us back to normal...- It may have been behind the worst climatic disaster of recent times, responsible for famine and death on a biblical scale.
- The country is now facing famine on a biblical scale.
- A battle of biblical proportions is brewing in full-size pickup trucks.
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