Word Meanings - BABYLONISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia. "A Babylonish garment." Josh. vii. 21. 2. Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv.8. 3. Pertaining to Rome and papal power. The . . . injurious nickname of Babylonish. Gape. 4. Confused;
Additional info about word: BABYLONISH
1. Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia. "A Babylonish garment." Josh. vii. 21. 2. Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv.8. 3. Pertaining to Rome and papal power. The . . . injurious nickname of Babylonish. Gape. 4. Confused; Babel-like.
Related words: (words related to BABYLONISH)
- CONFUSIVE
Confusing; having a tendency to confusion. Bp. Hall. - POWERFUL
Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any - POWERABLE
1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden. - GARMENT
Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc. No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto old garment. Matt. ix. 16. - CONFUS
Confused, disturbed. Chaucer. - PAPALITY
The papacy. Ld. Berners. Milton. - REVELATION
1. The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them. 2. That which is revealed. The act of revealing divine truth. That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible. By revelation he made known unto - GARMENTURE
Clothing; dress. - CONFUSABILITY
Capability of being confused. - INJURIOUS
1. Not just; wrongful; iniquitous; culpable. Milton. Till the injurious Roman did extort This tribute from us, we were free. Shak. 2. Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful; detrimental; mischievous; as, acts injurious to health, - CONFUSEDNESS
A state of confusion. Norris. - PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant - INJURIOUSNESS
The quality of being injurious or hurtful; harmfulness; injury. - POWERLESS
Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect. -- Pow"er*less*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*less*ness, n. - CONFUSION
1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable. Whewell. Moody beggars starving for a time Of pellmell havoc - NICKNAME
A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation. (more info) ekename being understood as a nekename, influenced also by E. nick, - CONFUSE
Mixed; confounded. Baret. - PAPALIST
A papist. Baxter. - CONFUSEDLY
In a confused manner. - CONFUSELY
Confusedly; obscurely. - CANDLE POWER
Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle. - IMPOWER
See EMPOWER - ANTIPAPAL
Opposed to the pope or to popery. Milton. - POLICE POWER
The inherent power of a government to regulate its police affairs. The term police power is not definitely fixed in meaning. In the earlier cases in the United States it was used as including the whole power of internal government, or the powers - DISEMPOWER
To deprive of power; to divest of strength. H. Bushnell. - EMPOWER
1. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize ; as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor. 2. To give - UNDER-GARMENT
A garment worn below another.