a. [f. ADAM + -ICAL.] Of or pertaining to Adam; resembling Adam, in moral freedom, nakedness, fallen condition.

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1657.  R. Turner, Paracelsus, 27. The matter of the stone is understood to be Adamical.

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a. 1658.  Cleveland, Rel. of Quaker, 64.

          Though the devil trapan
  The Adamical man,
The Saints stand uninfected.

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1662.  R. Mathew, Unl. Alch., § 58, 71. To abide in their pure Adamical freedoms, pleasing themselves in all things.

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1756.  W. Law, Lett. Import. Subj., 95. All that is done from the life, the power, and natural capacity of the Adamical nature, is heathenish.

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1859.  R. F. Burton, Centr. Africa, in Jrnl. R. G. S., XXIX. 415. Many prefer the Adamical costume, having an alacrity at twisting their solitary garment round their neck.

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