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primordial

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primordial
Biology of or relating to an early stage of development


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In the first he put those who did not take an active part in the affairs of the lodges or in human affairs, but were exclusively occupied with the mystical science of the order: with questions of the threefold designation of God, the three primordial elements- sulphur, mercury, and salt- or the meaning of the square and all the various figures of the temple of Solomon.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
To the question why we do not find records of these vast primordial periods, I can give no satisfactory answer.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
Had Perry been dead, I should gladly have pitted my strength and wit against the savage and primordial world in which I found myself.
At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
 
 
 
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