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Noachian deluge

noun
1.
(Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings.  Synonyms: Noah's flood, Noah and the Flood, the Flood.





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... consistent in detail, and better sustained by evidence. The various Mysteries celebrated in the ancient nations were so much alike not because they were all founded on one world wide tradition about the Noachian deluge, but because they all grew out of the great common facts of human destiny in connection with natural phenomena. The Mysteries were funereal and festive, began in sorrow and ended in joy, not because they represented first ...
— The Destiny of the Soul - A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life • William Rounseville Alger


Words linked to "Noachian deluge" :   deluge, Holy Writ, flood, book, inundation, Christian Bible, Noah's flood, word, Word of God, Holy Scripture, bible, Good Book, scripture, alluvion, Noah and the Flood, the Flood


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