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Definition of pre-diluvian in English Turkish dictionary
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Definition of pre-diluvian in English English dictionary
- pre-diluvian period
- (Din) The antediluvian (or pre-diluvian) period – meaning "before the deluge" – is the period referred to in the Bible between the Creation of the Earth and the Deluge (flood) in the biblical cosmology. The narrative takes up chapters 1-6 (excluding the flood narrative) of Genesis. The term found its way into early geology and lingered in science until late Victorian era. Colloquially, the term is used to refer to any ancient and murky period
- prediluvian
- before the Flood; antediluvian