Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Adherence to the letter of the Bible.
  • noun Biblical doctrine, learning, or literature.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare Learning or literature relating to the Bible.

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  • noun Learning or literature relating to the Bible.

Etymologies

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Compare French biblicisme.

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Examples

  • He is also under the sway of rakish Colonel Sanderson, whose claims to "biblicism" seem to be of the superficial variety; Mrs. Sanderson, however, evinces considerably more enthusiasm.

    The Biblicals 2007

  • A parentalist biblicism comfortable with war, torture and Republican authorized stem-cell research is a long way from being anything like an authentic Christianity.

    Hastert goes (back) to work for Turkey « Antiwar.com Blog 2009

  • You won't be surprised if I say that I don't regard that as a recipe for a kind of dogmatic biblicism, or just like rolling over with your paws in the air in the face of whatever scripture appears to say, because that's not a real conversation.

    The Archbishop's Response to the Presence and Engagement Study Day, with Q&As 2009

  • The great 16th century Anglican theologian Richard Hooker, contending with the narrow biblicism of the Puritans, rejected their insistence that Christian scripture alone had authority in society.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Burke's Corner 2008

  • The great 16th century Anglican theologian Richard Hooker, contending with the narrow biblicism of the Puritans, rejected their insistence that Christian scripture alone had authority in society.

    Saying sorry to Darwin Burke's Corner 2008

  • His sample is really of the sort of schizoid mega-church phenomenon where they practice both hard-core consumerism along with hard core fundamentalist biblicism.

    Thank God For Blessing Us With A Fallible Bible James F. McGrath 2008

  • Shinn was something of an anachronism even in his own time — Universalist leaders were increasingly urban and modernist, while Shinn was dedicated to rural people and biblicism — and it may not be easy for many UUs to recognize their relationship to him.

    Philocrites: October 2007 Archives 2007

  • If we cared about precision, our complaints would be levied against the role biblicism and fundamentalism play in the participation of some conservative Christians.

    A Christian Shares His Thoughts On Church And State « Lean Left 2007

  • Shinn was something of an anachronism even in his own time — Universalist leaders were increasingly urban and modernist, while Shinn was dedicated to rural people and biblicism — and it may not be easy for many UUs to recognize their relationship to him.

    Philocrites: This week at uuworld.org: Universalist circuit rider. 2007

  • The Los Angeles Times coverage makes it seem that Williams only emphasized this point, making him into a sudden advocate of biblicism.

    Philocrites: What did Rowan Williams say? 2004

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