in the biblical sense

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Carnally

   Carnally; sexually.

   • I was married to you the moment I took you as my wife. That first night I pushed you backward on your bed and took you in the Biblical sense, from that moment on, we were man and wife.
   • The young witches made their relationship official — in the Biblical sense — and Welch’s howling entreaty, “I’d do anything to make you stay,” expressed their yearning and desperation.
2. 2

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see biblical, sense.

3. 3

   Alternative letter-case form of in the biblical sense.

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