English
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Proper noun
en-proper noun
- The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.
- italbrac|hence Any person or thing that has lived to a very old age.
Quotations
1611 � w:King James Version of the Bible|King James Version of the Bible, s:Bible (King James)/Genesis|Genesis 5:25-26
:And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
Translations
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Spanish: Mathusalam
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Noun
en-noun
- A bottle of Champagne or Burgundy wine containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
Usage notes
A Bordeaux wine bottle with this volume would be called an imperial.
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