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Meanings of antediluvian patriarch in inglés

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

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        Usage of antediluvian patriarch in inglés
        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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        Translations for antediluvian patriarch
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