antediluvian patriarch

American  

[an-tee-di-loo-vee-uhn pey-tree-ahrk, an-tee-di-loo-vee-uhn] / ˈæn ti dɪˈlu vi ən ˈpeɪ triˌɑrk, ˌæn ti dɪˈlu vi ən /

noun

1. patriarch3

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Example Sentences

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

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

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