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Bib·li·cal
 Biblical
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- pronunciation:
- bI
blih
k
 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
(often l.c.) of, pertaining to, or in the Bible.
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| definition 2: |
according to the Bible.
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(adj.)Biblical
+ noun
account,
allusion,
analogy,
annotation,
archaeologist,
archaeology,
authority,
basis,
character,
citation,
command,
commandment,
commentary,
compilation,
conviction,
covenant,
creation,
creationism,
creationist,
criticism,
discourse,
doctrine,
drama,
epic,
episode,
exegesis,
exegete,
faith,
figure,
flood,
foundation,
fundamentalism,
geography,
heritage,
historian,
homosexuality,
image,
imagery,
injunction,
insight,
interpretation,
justification,
land,
landscape,
language,
literalism,
literalist,
literature,
mandate,
manuscript,
meaning,
metaphor,
miracle,
motif,
myth,
namesake,
narrative,
notion,
origin,
parable,
passage,
patriarch,
perspective,
phrase,
plague,
poetry,
precedent,
principle,
promise,
proof,
prophecy,
prophet,
proportion,
proverb,
quotation,
quote,
reference,
reflection,
religion,
renewal,
revelation,
root,
scene,
scholar,
scholarship,
scripture,
sin,
story,
study,
tale,
teaching,
term,
testament,
text,
theme,
theology,
tradition,
translation,
truth,
understanding,
unity,
verse,
vision,
wisdom,
witness,
worship
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| derivation: |
Biblically (adv.) |
The word biblical
contains the following parts:
bibl, bibli, biblio
Greek
root
that means book
  Example words:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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