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Definition of Antediluvians
1. antediluvian [n] - See also: antediluvian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antediluvians
Literary usage of Antediluvians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historical Reader: Designed for Use of Schools and Families. On a New Plan by John Lauris Blake (1830)
"THE history of the antediluvians, particularly with regard to their ... Is much
known of the religion, policy, arts and sciences of the antediluvians ? ..."
2. Debate on the Destiny of the Wicked by George Thomas Carpenter, John Hughes (1875)
"That Christ did preach to the antediluvians, no body denies; ... In this sense
he preached to the antediluvians, and in this sense his body was quickened, ..."
3. Outlines for the Study of Biblical History and Literature by Frank Knight Sanders, Henry Thatcher Fowler (1906)
"THE Two LISTS OP antediluvians. GENESIS, 416 -5 1. Comparison of the Lists.
Write, in parallel columns, the generations of chaps. ..."
4. Quakerism Not Christianity: Or: Reasons for Renouncing the Doctrine of Friends by Samuel Hanson Cox (1833)
"The longevity of the antediluvians made such a procedure aptly proper; and 120
years was to them but a short respite, so long was their life. ..."
5. The Origin of the North American Indians: With a Faithful Description of by McIntosh, John (1844)
"THE antediluvians. A SINGLE pair were the first progenitors of the whole human
race, but their primitive innocence and felicity were quickly lost in misery ..."
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