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Meanings of antediluvian patriarch in English

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antediluvià

Any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge.

antediluvià
Usage of antediluvian patriarch in English
1
He found me in a retirement I doat on, living like an antediluvian patriarch among my children and grandchildren, and tilling my soil.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
2
The film, which stars Russell Crowe as the antediluvian patriarch, has nevertheless performed superbly at the US box office since opening on 28 March.
The Guardian
3
Among the antediluvian patriarchs were Adam, Seth, Enoch and Noah.
The Theology of Holiness
4
Thus Enmeduranki, the prototype of the seventh Antediluvian patriarch of Berossus, was traditionally revered as the first exponent of divination.
Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition
5
Another difficulty relates to the age of the antediluvian patriarchs, which was about tenfold the present term of life for robust and healthful men.
Companion to the Bible
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