Babylonian
Adjective
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Adjective
Babylonian (not comparable)
- (historical) Pertaining to the city of Babylon, or the Babylonian Empire. [from 16th c.]
- (obsolete, pejorative) Roman Catholic (with reference to e.g. Revelation 14–18). [16th–19th c.]
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford 2009, p. 29:
- [W]e, on our parts, have learned to speak only the primitive language of the law, and not the confused jargon of their Babylonian pulpits.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford 2009, p. 29:
- Characteristic of Babylon or its civilization and inhabitants; huge, decadent, indulgent. [from 17th c.]
- German: babylonisch
- Russian: вавилонский
- Spanish: babilonio
Babylonian (plural Babylonians)
- An inhabitant of the city of Babylon.
- An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.
- An astrologer; so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.
- German: Babylonier, Babylonierin
- Russian: вавилонянин
- German: Babylonier, Babylonierin
- Russian: вавилонянин
- German: Babylonisch
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