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babylonise
verb 2
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2ADJ.
all
ADV.
rather
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verb
1
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Babylonize.
It was done in order to nationalise — or rather to Babylonise — all the four throughout, by giving them Chaldean names, bearing the names of the gods Bel and Nego or Nebo.
Sardanapalus, though an Assyrian, had been quite Babylonised.
verb
1
Alternative form of Babylonize.
We may perhaps see the deeper reason in the fact that the kings and the ruling classes of the Kassites had meanwhile (after 1400) become “babylonised;” that is, that they felt, and affected to feel themselves, Babylonians.
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It was done in order to nationalise — or rather to Babylonise — all the four throughout, by giving them Chaldean names, bearing the names of the gods Bel and Nego or Nebo.
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Sardanapalus, though an Assyrian, had been quite Babylonised.
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It was replaced with one that included architectural elements imported from Babylonian design from outside the region and was felt by many to be an attempt to 'Babylonise' the Citadel (Fig. 9.6) (Noor
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We may perhaps see the deeper reason in the fact that the kings and the ruling classes of the Kassites had meanwhile (after 1400) become “babylonised;” that is, that they felt, and affected to feel th
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