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in the Biblical sense en · ADP

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  1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of in the biblical sense.
    • “No, Walker, when I really think about it I don’t think there was anyone. In the Biblical sense that is, but what about you?” / “I guess in that way we are alike. I can’t honestly recall anyone.” / “Not even high school?” / He paused. “If you insist on going back that far, dear, I could include Jasmine.” / “Oh yes. You were quite smitten with her.” 2008, Richard Haight, Winter Beach Dog Trot: A Novel, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 105:
    • For the whole of Ian’s life till I turned up, the ‘official’ date that our father and mother first met – in the Biblical sense – must have been given as or assumed to be, at the very earliest, some time after Ernest was killed, 1944. But in fact our parents had met and conceived me in early 1942, while Ernest was risking his life for king and country. But why had my father reacted in such a defensive manner over a matter of dates? 2008, Dave Sharp, John Parker, Complete Surrender: The True Story of a Family’s Dark Secret and the Brothers It Tore Apart at Birth, London: John Blake Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 209:
    • Hopefully I have learned something out of all my years of screwing around with bands (in the Biblical sense, that is), so can offer some words of wisdom to Sue Sullivan, who wrote the letter in MRR #34 regarding the sexual demands of touring hardcore musicians. 1986 May, Lynne Lopatin, “P.O. Box”, in Maximum Rock’n’Roll, number 36, Berkeley, Calif., →ISSN, column 1: