Bab·y·lo·nian
ˌba-bə-ˈlō-nyən 
-nē-ən
1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of Babylonia or Babylon, the Babylonians, or Babylonian
2
: marked by luxury, extravagance, or the pursuit of sensual pleasure
the Babylonian halls of the big hotel—
G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chestertonthe Babylonian delights of the city
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Examples of Babylonian in a Sentence
Adjective
the Babylonian glitter of the city's gold coast
Recent Examples on the WebAvi Shafran, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2024
The tablets most likely come from Sippar, an ancient city southwest of modern-day Baghdad that flourished during the Babylonian Empire, George tells Live Science’s Owen Jarus.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
The building was destroyed in 586 BCE when Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II sacked Jerusalem for the second time, effectively destroying the Kingdom of Judah.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 May 2023
Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
The formula for its hero product, a natural soap housed in refillable glass bottles, is inspired by 5,000-year-old Babylonian recipes.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2024
This verse seems to invoke the Babylonian custom of tattooing servants.
—Gustavo Morello, The Conversation, 10 July 2024
During his reign in the sixth century BC, Cyrus the Great—Kourosh in Persian, Koresh in Hebrew—was famous for having liberated the Jews from Babylonian captivity.
—Ali M. Ansari, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
Ancient Chinese, Chaldean and Babylonian cultures, as far back as 2,500 B.C.E., noticed that certain celestial events, including eclipses, repeated themselves.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2024
Ancient Chinese, Chaldean and Babylonian cultures, as far back as 2,500 BCE, noticed that certain celestial events, including eclipses, repeated themselves.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2024
Robinson sees evidence that the Bible writers were fixated on God’s goodness in the way that this story of the flood differs from superficially similar Babylonian legends, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh and Enuma Elish.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
The use of fingerprints as unique identifiers has a long history, going back to ancient Babylonian and Chinese civilizations.
—Partha Banerjee, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
Noun
The first Temple’s razing, by the Babylonian Empire, occurred in 586 BCE; the second, in 70 CE, was perpetrated by the Romans.
—Avi Shafran, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2024
The tablets most likely come from Sippar, an ancient city southwest of modern-day Baghdad that flourished during the Babylonian Empire, George tells Live Science’s Owen Jarus.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
The building was destroyed in 586 BCE when Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II sacked Jerusalem for the second time, effectively destroying the Kingdom of Judah.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 May 2023
Adjective
The four tablets analyzed in the new study date to the middle and late Old Babylonian periods (circa 1894 to 1595 B.C.E.), some 4,000 years ago.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
The formula for its hero product, a natural soap housed in refillable glass bottles, is inspired by 5,000-year-old Babylonian recipes.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2024
This verse seems to invoke the Babylonian custom of tattooing servants.
—Gustavo Morello, The Conversation, 10 July 2024
During his reign in the sixth century BC, Cyrus the Great—Kourosh in Persian, Koresh in Hebrew—was famous for having liberated the Jews from Babylonian captivity.
—Ali M. Ansari, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
Ancient Chinese, Chaldean and Babylonian cultures, as far back as 2,500 B.C.E., noticed that certain celestial events, including eclipses, repeated themselves.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2024
Ancient Chinese, Chaldean and Babylonian cultures, as far back as 2,500 BCE, noticed that certain celestial events, including eclipses, repeated themselves.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2024
Robinson sees evidence that the Bible writers were fixated on God’s goodness in the way that this story of the flood differs from superficially similar Babylonian legends, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh and Enuma Elish.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
The use of fingerprints as unique identifiers has a long history, going back to ancient Babylonian and Chinese civilizations.
—Partha Banerjee, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
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“Babylonian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Babylonian. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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