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Значения термина antediluvian на английском

португальский
antediluviano

Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood.

antediluviano
каталонский
antediluvià

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

antediluvià
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Examples for "antediluvian patriarch"
Examples for "antediluvian patriarch"
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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...
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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
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Among the antediluvian patriarchs were Adam, Seth, Enoch and Noah.
The Theology of Holiness
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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
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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

So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period.

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A very old person.

Использование термина antediluvian на английском
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Compared to other countries like the United States or Germany, it's antediluvian.
The Guardian
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For company he has dusty books, an antediluvian tape recorder and tapes.
The Guardian
3
No one in her family has bothered with polite pleasantries since antediluvian times.
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
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I dare say the place does look antediluvian to young eyes.
The Three Brides
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What caused the rapid eclipse of faith in the antediluvian world?
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 1: The Middle Ages
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And I'm sorry if I came across like some antediluvian throwback.
Dying for Dinner (A Cooking Class Mystery)
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It may have been an antediluvian Coney Island, for all the world knows.
The Idiot
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Bridges are falling down, electric plants are outdated, railroads are antediluvian.
Reuters
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One dark night some gypsies stole our antediluvian horse and cow.
The Gentleman from Everywhere
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There's a touch of the antediluvian about it that I like.
The Swindler and Other Stories
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These were the keys which unlocked the treasures of the antediluvian world for me.
The Story of My Life / With her letters (1887-1901) and a supple...
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He must be growing his own antediluvian garden up there.
Angelopolis
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True, there was Miss Arthur; but Miss Arthur was antediluvian.
On the Firing Line
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It was more like a model of an antediluvian railway key than anything else.
She
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Among the antediluvian patriarchs were Adam, Seth, Enoch and Noah.
The Theology of Holiness
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There was something innocent and antediluvian about that broken crock, which quite pleased me.
Notre-Dame de Paris
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Translations for antediluvian
португальский
antediluviano
каталонский
antediluvià
Antediluvian через время
Antediluvian в диалектах
Великобритания
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