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babylonian
UK /bæbɪˈləʊnɪ.ən/ US /bæbɪˈloʊnɪ.ən/
adj 3noun 3name 1
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4ADJ.
able, ancient, considered, similar, trigonometric
VERB + BABYLONIAN
discovered
BABYLONIAN + NOUN
astronomers, clay, halls, hebrew, lunar, months, pulpits, table
PREP.
from, in
Definitions
adj
1
Pertaining to the city of Babylon, or the Babylonian Empire.
2
Roman Catholic (with reference to e.g. Revelation 14–18).
[W]e, on our parts, have learned to speak only the primitive language of the law, and not the confused jargon of their Babylonian pulpits.
3
Characteristic of Babylon or its civilization and inhabitants; huge, decadent, indulgent. .
The first was in the Babylonian halls of the big hotel, which was the meeting place of the three commercial magnates concerned with arranging for a coal lock-out and denouncing it as a coal strike,
noun
1
An inhabitant of the city of Babylon.
2
An inhabitant of Babylonia, which included Chaldea; a Chaldean.
3
An astrologer; so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.
name
1
A later form of the Akkadian language spoken in Babylonia from 1950 BCE to 100 CE.
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[W]e, on our parts, have learned to speak only the primitive language of the law, and not the confused jargon of their Babylonian pulpits.
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The first was in the Babylonian halls of the big hotel, which was the meeting place of the three commercial magnates concerned with arranging for a coal lock-out and denouncing it as a coal strike,
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Archeologists have discovered that ancient Babylonian astronomers were able to predict the motion of Jupiter across the sky.
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Scientists have discovered that a 3700-year-old Babylonian clay tablet was in fact the world's oldest trigonometric table.
Tatoeba · #621145705
This ancient Babylonian trigonometric table is in some respects superior to modern trigonometry.
Tatoeba · #621145806
They gave their baby a name derived from an ancient Babylonian word which meant "first light".
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