Definition of "Babylonian"

Babylonian

adjective
not comparable
1. (historical) Pertaining to the city of Babylon, or the Babylonian Empire.
2. (obsolete, derogatory) Roman Catholic (with reference to e.g. Revelation 14–18).
  Quotations
  [W]e, on our parts, have learned to speak only the primitive language of the law, and not the confused jargon of their Babylonian pulpits.
  1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 29
3. Characteristic of Babylon or its civilization and inhabitants; huge, decadent, indulgent.
noun
plural Babylonians
1. An inhabitant of the city of Babylon.
2. An inhabitant of Babylonia, which included Chaldea; a Chaldean.
3. An astrologer; so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.
proper noun
1. A later form of Akkadian language spoken in Babylonia in 1950 BC – 100 AD.