adj
biblical
BIHB-lih-kuhl
adj
1
Relating to, or found in, the Bible.
"The sermon focused on a biblical story about forgiveness."
2
Extremely large or severe, beyond ordinary scale, as if drawn from a Bible story.
"The flooding this year was biblical in proportion."
How to Use Biblical
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishConnected to the Bible, or used loosely to mean "epic" or "of enormous scale."
Common pairings
biblical proportions
biblical times
biblical scholar
Word Forms
more biblical comparative, most biblical superlative
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin biblicus, "of the Bible," plus the adjective ending "-al."