Ancient of Days
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Ancient of Days
First recorded in 1570–80; from the Book of Daniel 7:9
Example Sentences
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The Ancient of Days is a figure he returns to repeatedly.
From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2010
He's well known as he's the same figure who appears as Blake's famous "Ancient of Days" – an old man, with Michelangelo muscles, a full head of long white hair, and a wizard-like beard.
From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2010
Poet Fitzhugh wrote four quatrains of lofty, Harvardian sentiment to be sung to the tune of "Ancient of Days."
From Time Magazine Archive
Soul of Macroprosopos, the internal part, is the Ancient of Days, 758-u.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
Porches untrod of forest houses All before him, all day long, "Yankee Doodle" his marching song; And the evening breeze Joined his psalms of praise As he sang the ways Of the Ancient of Days.
From American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany by Various
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