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Definition of Mount ararat

1. Noun. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.

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Literary usage of Mount ararat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Methodist Review (1836)
"Jerome places mount Ararat, on which the ark rested, toward the middle of Armenia ... THOUGH this visit to mount ararat was undertaken nearly six years ago, ..."

2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Since the ark rested on mount ararat. False man hath sworn, and woman hath believed— Repented and reproached, and then believed once more. The New World. ..."

3. Persia Past and Present: A Book of Travel and Research, with More Than Two by Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson (1906)
"TOWARD sunset on the following day, as the train approached the ancient town of Erivan, I caught my first view of mount ararat, crested with clouds and ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1877)
"The Ascent of mount ararat in 1856. By MAJOR ROBERT STUART.* THE sun rose in all his glory at Bayazid on the llth July, 185G. There was not a cloud in the ..."

5. The Methodist Review (1836)
"Jerome places mount Ararat, on which the ark rested, toward the middle of Armenia ... THOUGH this visit to mount ararat was undertaken nearly six years ago, ..."

6. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Since the ark rested on mount ararat. False man hath sworn, and woman hath believed— Repented and reproached, and then believed once more. The New World. ..."

7. Persia Past and Present: A Book of Travel and Research, with More Than Two by Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson (1906)
"TOWARD sunset on the following day, as the train approached the ancient town of Erivan, I caught my first view of mount ararat, crested with clouds and ..."

8. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1877)
"The Ascent of mount ararat in 1856. By MAJOR ROBERT STUART.* THE sun rose in all his glory at Bayazid on the llth July, 185G. There was not a cloud in the ..."

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