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Definition of: Babylon
(bab′ə·lən, -lon)
1. An ancient city of Mesopotamia on the Euphrates, capital of Babylonia from about 2100 B.C.; celebrated as a seat of wealth, luxury, and vice.
2. Any city or place of great wealth, luxury, or vice.
3. Any place of captivity: in allusion to the Babylonian captivity.
—Bab′y·lon′ic (-lon′ik), Bab′y·lo′nish (-lō′nish) adjective
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