antediluvian
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Antediluvian means before the Flood, which is used to account for the geologic evidence of a much older earth.
From Forbes • Oct. 29, 2014
According to Nickell, Ignatius Donnelly’s 1882 work Atlantis: The Antediluvian World depicted a highly sophisticated ancient society, whereas Edgar Cayce’s 1930s Atlantis looked more like a shinier version of his own time.
From Slate • Sep. 16, 2013
Others were headquarters for the Royal and Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, for pigeon fanciers, anglers, mutual benefit societies.
From Time Magazine Archive
His Baconian studies were his greatest efforts in the field of daffy scholarship, but Atlantis: The Antediluvian World was his most sensational book.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the unequal distribution of his hundred and twenty "sars" by Berossus among his ten Antediluvian kings, see Appendix II.
From Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition by King, L. W. (Leonard William)
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