antediluvian patriarch

[ 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 /

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Words nearby antediluvian patriarch

ante-Christum, antecourt, antecubital, antedate, antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch, antefebrile, antefix, anteflexion, ant egg, antegrade

How to use antediluvian patriarch in a sentence

The talk radio phenom and Fox News staple has identified himself as a longtime listener of the TRN patriarch.
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Marston declared that women should rule the world but remained a patriarch.
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The patriarch, Josiah, had fought with the 42nd Wisconsin Infantry, marching all the way to Kentucky to battle the Confederates.
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But it was Sean Connery who was the first choice to voice the Disney patriarch with the tragic fate.
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In Moscow, Patriarch Kirill addressed an audience that included Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Blood, Faith and Fatalism in Divided Ukraine|Anna Nemtsova|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I had those words in my thoughts four years ago, when I cut him down from the branch of the Patriarch.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
It is thus that I have seen it stated in the credentials granted to the said Fleuche, first Patriarch of those lands.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
The Patriarch went to him, and, with the help of an interpreter, did for him what pertained to his office as a good Pastor.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
They boast of having descended from Abraham through Ishmael, believing that this patriarch built Mecca and died there.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
But carriages, dog-carts and antediluvian flys began to pour into The Park.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3)|Charles James Wills