in the biblical sense

alternative in the Biblical sense

1. euphemisticCarnally; sexually.

   Well, I'm no longer seeing him in the biblical sense, but I do run him from time to time.

   2012, Etienne, Trial, page 28

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   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.

   1993, Harold Miles, Bad ol' boy, page 122

   Unidentified Man 2: How you doing? I've got a question for Pamela. How many rock stars have you met in your whole life? Ms-DES-BARRES: Oh, my gosh. Man 2: Any idea? Any idea or... Ms-LEE: He didn't ask how many you slept with. Ms-DES-BARRES: That's good. RIVERA: You mean met in the biblical sense? Man 2: I mean met and been with. Ms-DES-BARRES: I didn't sleep with that many of them.

   1993 February 26, “NOTORIOUS WOMEN RECOVER FROM THEIR LOVE AFFAIRS”, in Ind_Geraldo (Rivera)

   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.

   2012 March 23, Lanford Beard, “TV Jukebox: 'The Secret Circle,' 'The Voice,' 'Switched at Birth,' and more music-on-TV moments”, in Entertainment Weekly, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2012

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

   Synonyms: biblically

1. Alternative letter-case form of in the biblical sense.

   Hopefully I have learned something out of all my years of screwing around with bands (in the Biblical sense, that is), so can offer some words of wisdom to Sue Sullivan, who wrote the letter in MRR #34 regarding the sexual demands of touring hardcore musicians.

   1986 May, Lynne Lopatin, “P.O. Box”, in Maximum Rock’n’Roll, number 36, Berkeley, Calif., →ISSN, column 1

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   For the whole of Ian’s life till I turned up, the ‘official’ date that our father and mother first met – in the Biblical sense – must have been given as or assumed to be, at the very earliest, some time after Ernest was killed, 1944. But in fact our parents had met and conceived me in early 1942, while Ernest was risking his life for king and country. But why had my father reacted in such a defensive manner over a matter of dates?

   2008, Dave Sharp, John Parker, Complete Surrender: The True Story of a Family’s Dark Secret and the Brothers It Tore Apart at Birth, London: John Blake Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 209

   “No, Walker, when I really think about it I don’t think there was anyone. In the Biblical sense that is, but what about you?” / “I guess in that way we are alike. I can’t honestly recall anyone.” / “Not even high school?” / He paused. “If you insist on going back that far, dear, I could include Jasmine.” / “Oh yes. You were quite smitten with her.”

   2008, Richard Haight, Winter Beach Dog Trot: A Novel, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 105