antediluvian patriarch

[ an-tee-di-loo-vee-uhn pey-tree-ahrk, an-tee-di-loo-vee-uhn ]

noun

1. patriarch3

Example Sentences

Adam was a typical antediluvian patriarch in terms of his longevity.

From Salon

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

According to the epic of it, humanity's primal home was a paradise where ten impressive persons—the models, it may be, of antediluvian patriarchs—reigned interminably, agreeably also, finally sinfully as well.

From Project Gutenberg

It gives us the age of Adam at his death, and the ages of the other antediluvian patriarchs.

From Project Gutenberg

The house is modern, and even the arch without much pretension to antiquity; but the family stretching far back into the gloom of ages, and lineal ancestors of the antediluvian patriarchs.

From Project Gutenberg