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† Babyˈlonical, a. Obs. [f. as prec. + -al1.] Of or belonging to Babylon; hence fig. a. Romish, popish, b. Babel-like, disorderly, tumultuous.
1535Coverdale Bible Ded., Much bound..to your grace for delivering us out of our old Babylonical captivity. 1547Homilies i. x. i. (1859) 105 There raigneth all..Babylonicall confusion. 1597J. Payne Royal Exch. 38 The Babylonicall extermination by Cyrus. |