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- adjective Of or suggesting
Eden , theparadise of theBible .
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Examples
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After a short discussion, I was interested to realize that both my colleague and I had independently determined that the Fall (that is, the Edenic Fall of Man) was the relativistic de-centering of God and re-centering of the Self.
Archive 2005-07-01 Richard Nokes 2005
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After a short discussion, I was interested to realize that both my colleague and I had independently determined that the Fall (that is, the Edenic Fall of Man) was the relativistic de-centering of God and re-centering of the Self.
Post-lapsarian Lunch Richard Nokes 2005
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Transported to the Americas through European exploration and colonization, the notion of savagery was an important aspect of what Ramos calls the Edenic discourse, which "exalted the Indians as children of Paradise" and
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Transported to the Americas through European exploration and colonization, the notion of savagery was an important aspect of what Ramos calls the Edenic discourse, which "exalted the Indians as children of Paradise" and
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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When the ice retreated, we terminated the long and biologically rich epoch sometimes called the Edenic period with assaults from our newest weapons: hoes, scythes, cattle, goats, pigs.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2009
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Transported to the Americas through European exploration and colonization, the notion of savagery was an important aspect of what Ramos calls the Edenic discourse, which "exalted the Indians as children of Paradise" and
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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For years it was "Edenic," which cropped up at least once in everything I wrote.
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But is there now or will there be in your memory something "Edenic"
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Cyder (1708) by John Philips, a sensuous evocation of English agriculture that paints a picture of the country in a kind of Edenic state of ripeness:
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
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Cyder (1708) by John Philips, a sensuous evocation of English agriculture that paints a picture of the country in a kind of Edenic state of ripeness:
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
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