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Pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible; as, biblical learning; biblical authority.

The quality of being biblical; a biblical subject. [R.]

According to the Bible.

Pertaining to bibliography, or the history of books. -- Bib`li*o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

Relating to bibliology.

Pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a bibliomaniac.

Belonging to a library. Byrom.

Having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird.

Having two callosities or hard spots. Gray.

Having two foci, as some spectacle lenses.

Of or pertaining to biodynamics, or the doctrine of vital forces or energy.

Of or pertaining to biography; containing biography. -- Bi`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

Of or relating to biology. -- Bi`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

Pertaining to psychical phenomena in their relation to the living organism or to the general phenomena of life.

An instrument of any kind, as a whistle, used in making the sound of a birdcall.

A cylindrical glass vessel, with a large and short neck.

Characterized by bombast; highsounding; inflated. -- Bom*bas"tic*al*ly, adv. A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. Burke.

Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition. -- Botan"ic*al*ly, adv. Botanic garden, a garden devoted to the culture of plants collected for the purpose of illustrating the science of botany. -- Botanic physician, a physician whose medicines c…

Of or pertaining to the Brahmans or to their doctrines and worship.

Relating to bryology; as, bryological studies.