Babylonian
[,bæbi'ləunjən]
Definition
(noun.) the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written.
(noun.) an inhabitant of ancient Babylon.
(adj.) of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture; 'Babylonian religion' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean.
(n.) An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.
(n.) An astrologer; -- so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.
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Definition
adj. pertaining to Babylon: hence (fig.) huge gigantic: Romish popish (obs. from the identification with Rome of the scarlet woman of Rev. xvii.); Babel-like confused in language.—Also Babylon′ish.
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Examples
- The Babylonian astr onomers also observed that the successive vernal (or autumnal) equinoxes follow each other at intervals of a few seconds less than a year. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He defeated the Babylonian army, under Belshazzar, outside Babylon, and then laid siege to the town. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The story of the Creation and the Flood, much of the story of Moses, much of Samson, were probably incorporated from Babylonian sources. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Babylonian books of medic ine contained strange interminglings of prescription and incantation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The sexagesimal method of dividing the circle and its parts was, as we have seen in the fir st chapter, of Babylonian origin. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- There is evidence that he acquired a knowle dge of Babylonian astronomy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- As we have already se en, considerable knowledge of geometry is apparent in Babylonian designs and constructions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Like the Babylonian Nabonidus, who lived a thousand years later, he may have had in mind the problem of moral unity in his empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the Babylonian and Assyrian world the traders were predominantly the Semitic Arameans, the ancestors of the modern Syrians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The early Semites, it is said, as soon as they thought of a god, invented a wife for him; most of the Egyptian and Babylonian gods were married. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Belshazzar, the son of the last Babylonian king, dealt in wool on a considerable scale. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He is not merely wearing the symbols of these gods as a devout Babylonian might wear the symbols of Bel-Marduk; he is these three gods in one. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Babylonian influences that had made Sardanapalus collect a great library of ancient writings in Nineveh were still at work. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Merodach, the Babylonian Jupiter, was carried off by the Elamites, and Babylon did not feel independent until its return. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A second motive tha t influenced the Babylonian priests in studying the movements of the heavenly bodies was the hope of foretelling events. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The Babylonians were a nation of agriculturists and merchants. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Like the Egyptians, the Babylonians were not greatly concerned at a change of rule to Macedonian from Persian. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It inspired a great number of Babylonians and the like to claim Abraham as their father, and thrust their company upon the returning Jews. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Moreover, from the Babylonians we derive some of our most sublime religious and scientific conceptions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The mathematical kn owledge of the Babylonians is related on the one hand to their astronomy and on the other to their commercial pursuits. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Like the Egyptians, the Babylonians took special note of the stars and star-groups that were to be seen at dawn at different times of the year. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Ev en in that remote age, however, the Babylonians had established those divisions of time which are familiar to us. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The Aryan Scythians are for the Semitic Assyrians; the Aryan Medes for the Semitic Babylonians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The particulars usually brought forward to prove his originality tend rather to show his indebtedness to the Babylonians. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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