Noachicadj.
/nəʊˈeɪkɪk/, U.S. /ˌnoʊˈeɪkɪk/ = Noachian adj.1 1.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of the time of the flood or Noah
Noachical1668
Noachian1678
Noetic1695
Noachic1722
Noachide1736
Noahic1842
1722 J. Floyer Ess. to restore Dipping of Infants in their Baptism 41 The Christian Dipping..succeeded the Noachic Baptism.
a1773 A. Butler Moveable Feasts Catholic Church (1852) II. 114 The Noachick precepts are reduced to abstinence from blood and unclean meats.
1835 Brit. Mag. & Monthly Reg. 7 413 The Noachic Creation.
1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (xx. 3–7) 370 The Gentile world, who were under the Noachic covenant.
1892 J. Tait Mind in Matter (ed. 3) 236 There is little question now of the deluge, but the disposition that once denied doubts if it was the Noachic one.
1922 Philos. Rev. 31 72 The sons of Noah, if they kept the Noachic commandments, and possibly even if they failed, might have a share in the world to come.
1957 Amer. Hist. Rev. 63 37 They fell back for ultimate justification upon the Noachic covenant.
1988 Renaissance Q. 41 315 Postel traces the civilizing process of the Noachic Golden Age initiated in Etruria.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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