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- adjective Belonging to Noah's Ark.
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Examples
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The "Arkite" may have dwelt in Arke to the north, Tell ` Arka, north of Tripolis, which again lay north of Sidon.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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-- _Origin of Pagan Idolatry_, vol.iv. b.iv. ch.v. p. 384 -- But this Arkite theory, as it is called, has not met with the general approbation of subsequent writers.
The Symbolism of Freemasonry Albert G. Mackey
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Strange that the principle of the Menai Straits 'railway bridge, and of the iron pillars in the Crystal Palace, existed is the Arkite dove, and in the bulrushes that grew round the cradle of Moses!
The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Arkite and the Sinite and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George W. Williams 1870
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Arkite system of interpretation was really but an emblematic showing forth of a natural doctrine of human life and death and future fate.
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863
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We hold the Arkite theory to be arbitrary in general, unsupported by proofs, and inconsistent in detail, unable to meet the points presented.
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863
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At all events, there can be no doubt that the Arkite theorists have exaggerated the importance and extent of these views beyond all tolerable bounds, and even to absurdity.
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863
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Faber argues, from the very close similarity of all the differently named Mysteries, that they were all Arkite, all derived from one mass of traditions reaching from Noah and embodying his history. 43 The asserted fact of general resemblance among the instituted Mysteries is unquestionable; but the inference above drawn from it is unwarrantable, even if no better explanation could be offered.
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863
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Even the most prejudiced advocates of the Arkite theory
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863
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