Meaning & use
Biblical
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Relating to, appearing in, or characteristic of the Bible.
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The professor gave a lecture on biblical history and its influence on Western literature.
The flood caused biblical levels of destruction across the region.
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Often used informally, and lowercase, to describe something of enormous or dramatic scale, as in 'biblical proportions.'
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