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Ancient of Days

American  
[eyn-shuhnt uhv deyz] / ˈeɪn ʃənt əv ˈdeɪz /

noun

  1. the Supreme Being; God.


Ancient of Days British  

noun

  1. a name for God, originating in the Authorized Version of the Old Testament (Daniel 7:9)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Ancient of Days

First recorded in 1570–80; from the Book of Daniel 7:9

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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 Albert Pike

Ancient of Days, Atik Yomin, constituted by the seven Sephiroth, 727-m.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike

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