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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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
The Ancient of Days is a figure he returns to repeatedly.
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
The first plate represents “The Ancient of Days setting a compass upon the face of the earth.”
From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Langridge, Irene
They stagger not at the fact that there are two persons, and that they are introduced one to another, and that the Ancient of Days seems to be the greatest.
From The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 by Wild, Joseph
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