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- adjective Relating to the
typological theory that astronomical symbols in mythology can find theirantitypes in theBiblical story of Noah's Flood. For example: in the legend of the Man in the Moon, the crescent moon and the man's face typify the Ark and Noah, respectively.
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Latin astronomicus ("astronomy") + Latin diluvium ("flood") + English suffix -ian (G. S. Faber, 1816)
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