Babylonian

Definition of babylonian:

part of speech: adjective

Relating to Babylon or Babylonia; luxurious; grand; magnificent.

Usage examples for babylonian:

• Their martyred blood and ashes sow O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple Tyrant; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe. "Milton", John Bailey.

• Afterwards they were brought successively into intimate connection with Babylonian Persian, Grecian, and Roman civilization; particularly with the last two. "Companion to the Bible", E. P. Barrows.

• The real reason why Sennacherib withdrew from before Jerusalem was the fact that, while he was engaged in Palestine, all the Babylonian provinces rebelled. "Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile)", Isaac Landman.

• The native tradition of Greece was a little more helpful than the Babylonian teaching. "The Story of Evolution", Joseph McCabe.