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biblicism en · NOUN

Etymology

Compare French biblicisme. Equivalent to biblical + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) Learning or literature relating to the Bible.
  2. (uncountable, usually) A term derived from the Bible
    • Such biblicisms — ultimately Hebraisms, since they derive from the Hebrew Bible — can still be found in later products of ancient Christian literature, since the Greek Bible of Hellenistic Judaism remained the Bible of the Christians[…] 1995, Helmut Koester, John H Morison Professor of New Testament Studies and Winn Professor of Ecclisiastical History Helmut Koester, Introduction to the New Testament, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 113:

Forms

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Relateds

biblicist

Translations (4)

cs biblismus (a term derived from the Bible) · pl biblioznawstwo (study of the bible) · pl biblizm (a term derived from the Bible) · pl biblistyka (study of the bible)