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biblical (adj.)
1790, from
Bible
+
-ical
. Related:
Biblically
. Earlier adjective was
Biblic
(1680s).
biblico-
word-forming element meaning "biblical," from comb. form of Medieval Latin
biblicus
, from
biblia
(see
bible
).