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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India, among nations, is the ancient of days.
From Time Magazine Archive
Buloff is a treasure in the role, an ancient of days, full of pith and vinegar.
From Time Magazine Archive
The front door opened slowly, to show the hound, his nose white with milk, in charge of an ancient of days clad in a blue linen ephod curiously gathered on breast and shoulders.
From Actions and Reactions by Kipling, Rudyard
If few of the public structures of Dublin possess "the beauty of age," many of its churches may be classed with the "ancient of days."
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
Bring them all, all, from the ancient of days, who have gained this "praise eternal," to those of our own age, who have laboured for, and will also obtain it.
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Hall, S. C., Mrs.
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