Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
antediluvian .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a
time before Noah's flood (or similar deluge myth) - adjective
antiquated
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
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Examples
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"Well, I shall be far more proud of it than of any old fossilized remnant of antediluvial times, I can assure you," was the quick retort.
Sara, a Princess Fannie E. Newberry
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We claim scriptural authority for the assertion that Jesus Christ was and is God the Creator, the God who revealed Himself to Adam, Enoch, and all the antediluvial patriarchs and prophets down to Noah; the God of
Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern James Edward Talmage 1897
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But, Willy, the supports of life are not to be found in primeval rocks or antediluvial remains.
The King's Own Frederick Marryat 1820
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T to pimiento that my chalk was on the new, the afresh antediluvial and, especially of all, the nonvisual.
Rational Review 2009
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