antediluvian patriarch
Americannoun
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So far only Aronofsky's Noah, with Russell Crowe as the animal-hoarding antediluvian patriarch, has actually entered production.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 8, 2013
Darren Aronofsky's Noah has already entered production with Russell Crowe as the antediluvian patriarch with the famous ark, while Spielberg and Ridley Scott are said to be planning rival Moses epics.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2012
And so we can reach out our hands across all the centuries to this pre- Noachian, antediluvian patriarch, dim amongst the mists, and feel that he too is our brother.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander
He found me in a retirement I doat on, living like an antediluvian patriarch among my children and grandchildren, and tilling my soil.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
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