Definitions | Astronomicodiluvian |
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- Relating to the typological theory that astronomical symbols in mythology can find their antitype , antitypes in the Biblical story of Noah's Flood. For example: in the legend of the Man in the Moon, the crescent moon and the man's face typify the Ark and Noah, respectively.
Etymology: L astronomicus {astronomy} + L diluvium {flood} + -ian (G. S. Faber, 1816)
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