biblicaladj.
/ˈbɪblɪkəl/ Of, relating to, or contained in, the Bible. biblical theology: see theology n. 1a.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > [adjective]
godlyOE
theologal virtues1484
theological1526
scripturely1536
scriptural1578
hagiographical1585
theologic?1606
biblical1652
biblic1684
testamentary1849
1652 A. Burgess Spiritual Refining 527 It will be very impertinent to give you a Theological, and Biblical use of the word Spirit, which is of a great latitude in its signification.
1684 G. Bright in J. Lightfoot Wks. I. Pref. sig. b3 This is very precarious, and such an Ellipsis..as seems contrary to the Genius of the Biblical Hebrew.
1790 R. Porson Lett. to Travis 305 Augustine and Jerome corresponded upon biblical subjects.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 331 Deeply versed in biblical criticism.
1894 J. Jacobs Stud. Biblical Archaeol. i. 4 There is scarcely a subject in the whole range of scholarship that is in so backward a condition as Biblical research.
1922 E. B. Greene Short Hist. Amer. People I. i. 12 In general they [sc. the Puritans] believed that the Church of England was so thoroughly corrupt that all truly Biblical Christians must separate from it.
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Chiefly humorous or euphemistic. to know (a person) in the biblical sense: = know v. 8 (with reference to the frequent use of this sense in the Bible). Hence in the biblical sense (with other verbs): in a way which involves sex; sexually.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity with [verb (transitive)] > have sexual intercourse with
mingeOE
haveOE
knowc1175
ofliec1275
to lie with (or by)a1300
knowledgec1300
meetc1330
beliea1350
yknowc1350
touchc1384
deala1387
dightc1386
usea1387
takec1390
commona1400
to meet witha1400
servea1400
occupy?a1475
engender1483
jangle1488
to be busy with1525
to come in1530
visitc1540
niggle1567
mow1568
to mix one's thigh with1593
do1594
grind1598
pepper1600
yark1600
tumble1603
to taste of1607
compressc1611
jumble1611
mix?1614
consort?1615
tastea1616
bumfiddle1630
ingressa1631
sheet1637
carnal1643
night-work1654
bump1669
bumble1680
frig?c1680
fuck1707
stick1707
screw1719
soil1722
to do over1730
shag1770
hump1785
subagitatec1830
diddle1879
to give (someone) onec1882
charver1889
fuckeec1890
plugc1890
dick1892
to make a baby1911
to know (a person) in the biblical sense1912
jazz1920
rock1922
yentz1924
roll1926
to make love1927
shtupa1934
to give (or get) a tumble1934
shack1935
bang1937
to have it off1937
rump1937
tom1949
to hop into bed (with)1951
ball1955
to make it1957
plank1958
score1960
naughty1961
pull1965
pleasurea1967
to have away1968
to have off1968
dork1970
shaft1970
bonk1975
knob1984
boink1985
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1912 H. W. Fischer Secret Mem.: Court of Royal Saxony xxxviii. 183 I asked him whether he ever knew a Princess of the Blood before me—‘knew’ in the biblical sense.
1926 E. B. D'Auvergne Pierre Loti ix. 91 You cannot know a country till you know its women in the biblical sense.
1988 D. French Working (1991) xi. 349 Then they asked if I had seen the man in Room 331. ‘Well, not in the biblical sense,’ I said.
1994 Guardian 30 Nov. ii. 2/1 The Sodomites' intention was to ‘know’ the visitors in what we nudge-nudgingly refer to these days as ‘the Biblical sense’.
2003 C. D. Heymann Georgetown Ladies' Social Club viii. 159 I didn't know her in the biblical sense, but I'd known her for years.
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