单词	biblical
释义	biblicalbib‧li‧cal /ˈbɪblɪkəl/ adjective [usually before noun] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Both he and Wilkins were able to invoke past precedent for their concepts of biblical accommodation. It is hard to refute these biblical arguments. Recent discoveries suggest that the biblical Garden of Eden was less metaphoric that we presumed. So the recommendations are a helpful guideline, not a biblical edict. The Church cites biblical prohibitions to support its position, but Jim found these ambiguous. The second important task of historical criticism is to verify information found in the biblical sources. Traces of Parisian teaching are to be found in some of Innocent's letters, with their biblical quotations and scholastic distinctions. We would argue that the chain-of command perspective is neither a biblical nor a psychologically sound pattern for the marriage relationship. word sets WORD SETS► Christianity abbess, nounabbey, nounabbot, nounabsolution, nounAdvent, nounalleluia, interjectionaltar boy, nounAnglican, nounAnglo-Catholic, nounapocalyptic, adjectiveapostle, nounapostolic, adjectivearchbishop, nounarchbishopric, nounarchdeacon, nounarchdiocese, nounArk of the Covenant, nounAsh Wednesday, nounAuthorized Version, banns, nounbaptism, nounBaptist, nounbaptize, verbbasilica, nounbeadle, nounbeatify, verbBenedictine, nounbenediction, nounbenefice, nounbiblical, adjectivebiretta, nounbishop, nounbishopric, nounblaspheme, verbblasphemy, nounbrother, nounbull, nounCalvinism, nounCalvinist, adjectivecanon, nouncanonical, adjectivecanonize, verbcanon law, nouncantor, nouncardinal, nouncardinal sin, nouncarol, nouncatechism, nouncathedral, nounCatholic, adjectivechantry, nounchapel, nounchaplain, nounchaplaincy, nounchapter, nounchapterhouse, nouncherub, nounChrist, nounchristen, verbChristendom, nounchristening, nounChristian, nounChristian, adjectivechurch, nounchurchgoer, nounchurchman, nounChurch of England, nounchurchwarden, nounchurchwoman, nounchurchyard, nounclergyman, nounclergywoman, nouncleric, nounclerical, adjectiveclerk, nouncloister, nouncollect, nouncommandment, nouncommunicant, nouncompline, nounconfess, verbconfession, nounconfessional, nounconfessor, nounconfirmation, nouncongregation, nounCongregationalism, nounconsecrate, verbcope, nouncreationist, nouncreche, nouncrib, nouncrosier, nouncrozier, nouncrucifix, nouncrucifixion, nouncrusade, nouncrusade, verbcrypt, nouncuracy, nouncurate, noundeacon, noundeaconess, noundean, noundeanery, noundiocese, noundisciple, noundisestablish, verbdispensation, noundog collar, nounDominican, nounEaster, nounecclesiastic, nounecclesiastical, adjectiveecumenical, adjectiveEden, nounelder, nounencyclical, nounEpiphany, nounepiscopal, adjectiveEpistle, nounevangelical, adjectiveevangelist, nounevangelize, verbevensong, nounexcommunicate, verbexegesis, nounfellowship, nounflagellant, nounflagellate, verbflock, nounfont, nounFr, friar, nounfrock, nounfundamentalist, noungargoyle, noungenuflect, verbgodfather, nounGod-fearing, adjectivegodless, adjectivegodly, adjectivegodmother, noungodparent, noungodson, nounGood Friday, noungrace, noungracious, adjectiveHail Mary, nounharvest festival, nounHigh Church, nounHigh Mass, nounHoly Communion, nounHoly Father, nounHoly Spirit, nounHoly Week, nounHoly Writ, nounhomily, nounhymn book, nounimprimatur, nounincarnation, nouninduct, verbindulgence, nouninquisitor, nouninterdenominational, adjectiveinterdict, nounJehovah, Jesuit, nounJesus, judgment day, nounlay, adjectivelay reader, nounlectern, nounlesson, nounlitany, nounLow Church, nounlychgate, nounMadonna, nounmanna, nounmanse, nounmatins, nounmeeting-house, nounmessianic, adjectiveMethodist, nounminister, nounministerial, adjectiveministry, nounminster, nounmiracle, nounmissal, nounmissionary, nounmitre, nounmoderator, nounMonsignor, nounMorning Prayer, nounmortal sin, nounMother of God, nounMother Superior, nounname day, nounNativity, nounNativity play, nounnave, nounNegro spiritual, nounNoah's ark, nounNonconformist, adjectivenuncio, nounoffertory, nounoratory, nounordination, nounoriginal sin, nounOur Father, nounOur Lady, Our Lord, padre, nounPalm Sunday, nounpapacy, nounpapal, adjectivepapist, nounparable, nounparish, nounparish church, nounparish clerk, nounparishioner, nounparochial, adjectiveparochial school, nounparson, nounparsonage, nounpassion play, nounpastor, nounpatriarch, nounpatron saint, nounpenance, nounpenitent, nounPentecost, nounPentecostal, adjectiveperdition, nounPlymouth Brethren, nounpontiff, nounpontifical, adjectivepontificate, nounPope, nounprayer book, nounpredestination, nounprelate, nounPresbyterian, nounpresbytery, nounpriest, nounPrimate, nounprior, nounprioress, nounpriory, nounPromised Land, the, Protestant, nounpsalm, nounpsalmist, nounpsalter, nounpulpit, nounQuaker, nounRC, rector, nounrectory, nounredeem, verbredemption, nounrequiem, nounRev, Revd, Reverend, nounReverend Mother, nounrevival, nounrevival meeting, nounRoman Catholic, adjectiverood screen, nounrosary, nounsacrament, nounsacristan, nounsacristy, nounsaint, nounsainted, adjectivesainthood, nounsaint's day, nounsalvation, nounsanctuary, nounSatan, nounsave, verbschism, nounscriptural, adjectivesecular, adjectivesee, nounseminary, nounseraph, nounsermon, nounsexton, nounShrove Tuesday, nounsister, nounsisterhood, nounSJ, special licence, nounsteeple, nounstigmata, nounstoup, nounSunday school, nounsurplice, nounsynod, nountabernacle, nountestify, verbtransubstantiation, nounTrappist, noununfrock, verbUnitarian, nounvenial, adjectivevespers, nounvestment, nounvestry, nounvicar, nounvicarage, nounvotive, adjectivevow, nounVulgate, the, nounWhitsun, nounwimple, nounXmas, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► biblical times  The disease dates back to biblical times. ► biblical story/text/reference  the biblical story of Noah COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► account · There is nothing in the biblical account to suggest that Mary was extraordinary in any way.· Then Father Mapple begins his sermon based upon the biblical account of Jonah and the whale.· Milton departs from the biblical account which has the people suffer with their rulers.· The biblical account of Adam naming the world can easily be applied to the mass media. ► reference · It has a biblical reference, meaning the basic matter of what woman and man are made of.· Compulsory regular attendance at services in King's College chapel may account for numerous biblical references in later poems. ► scene · Even during the Reformation it was biblical scenes likely to promote superstition and idolatry that came down.· Angels and biblical scenes covered the ceiling.· The lower parts of the walls were restored in the eighteenth century and represent biblical scenes.· The facade was small but ingeniously worked; scrolls and biblical scenes appeared beside swastikas and rain patterns. ► scholar · Catholic biblical scholars, theologians and many active lay groups had good reasons to be grateful.· The existence of sub-sects such as the Zadokites and the Nazareans has generated considerable confusion and uncertainty among biblical scholars.· His Ark is estimated by biblical scholars to have been four hundred and fifty feet long.· A page of Herodotus would have been sufficient to put a battalion of biblical scholars out of action. ► scholarship · The Biblical Commission, originally established to foster biblical scholarship, had been used by Pius X to repress it.· Despite these difficulties, Catholic biblical scholarship had advanced, albeit cautiously, particularly as far as the Old Testament was concerned.· On the other hand, there is the lay congregation, to whom biblical scholarship is totally unknown territory.· We can not deny the reality of biblical scholarship and this has to be expressed clearly.· Why should biblical scholarship, which is pertinent to so many lives, be thus immune to evolution and development?· Most biblical scholarship involves some degree of speculation.· These examples illustrate the extent to which biblical scholarship opened up new territory for the arts.· Through their work, the fruits of biblical scholarship were disseminated to an ever-widening audience. ► story · The biblical stories of the Creation and the Flood and their ancient Mesopotamian analogues belong to this same family of images.· During the Middle Ages, living pictures of biblical stories were used in churches to educate the illiterate masses.· Roth captures essential truths about faith, hope and despair within his reworking of a biblical story.· Ishmael now argues with himself about the biblical story of Jonah being swallowed by the whale. ► text · In this way, apparent contradictions between Copernican astronomy and biblical texts would be eliminated.· Most of these are paraphrases of biblical texts, and like hymns they vary in theological emphasis and musical appropriateness.· The biblical text suggests simply that he spoke of them, knowledgeable man that he was. ► times · Mr Harel may still live in biblical times, but I happen to live in the present.· In biblical times, according to the book of Leviticus, women at work were valued at thirty silver shekels.· An overwhelming body of evidence indicates that Nazareth did not exist in biblical times.· Although my subject is medieval history, we used to read and discuss all history from biblical times onward.· Not much later a man who was probably a Samaritan composed another history of biblical times. 1relating to or written in the Bible:  The disease dates back to biblical times.biblical story/text/reference the biblical story of Noah2of biblical proportions a bad situation or event that is of biblical proportions is very great or severe:  This could result in an environmental disaster of biblical proportions.
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