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Definition of Babylonian
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture. "Babylonian religion"
2. Noun. An inhabitant of ancient Babylon.
3. Noun. The ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written.
Definition of Babylonian
1. a. Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean.
2. n. An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.
Definition of Babylonian
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the real (or to the mystical) Babylon ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldea. ¹
3. Noun. An inhabitant of the city of Babylon. ¹
4. Noun. An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean. ¹
5. Noun. An astrologer; so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology. ¹
6. Proper noun. The extinct Akkadian (includes Babylonian and Assyrian diatects) language. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Babylonian
1. 1. An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean. 2. An astrologer; so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Babylonian
Literary usage of Babylonian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"It is now held by many that the sabbath is Babylonian in origin, though received
by the Jews immediately from the Canaanites; while another hypothesis ..."
2. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1897)
"Here it was reduced to a science which made its way, with the other elements of
Babylonian culture, into Western Asia, and from Western Asia to Europe. ..."
3. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1917)
"A Babylonian deed of sale. (Society of Biblical Archaeology. Proceedings. London,
1892. 8°. v. ... OBA A Babylonian ledger account of cuneiform tablets; or. ..."
4. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain), Joseph Jacobs, Alfred Trübner Nutt, Arthur Robinson Wright, William Crooke (1897)
"The folklore of our own country still contains echoes of the superstitions and
practices that were formed into a system by the Babylonian priests several ..."
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