superancient

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super- +‎ ancient

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superancient (comparative more superancient, superlative most superancient)

  1. (rare) Exceedingly ancient.
    • 2003, M. G. Harris, The Joshua Files: Zero Moment[1], Walker, →ISBN, page 28:
      Those four books contain the inscriptions that Itzamna found in a superancient ruin near the Mayan city of Izapa.
    • 2016, Robert Ellwood, Harry Partin, Religious and Spiritual Groups in Modern America[2], Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 28:
      He mentioned an arcane superancient scripture preserved in central Asia.
    • 2017, Matthew Reilly, The Four Legendary Kingdoms[3], Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 132:
      "My postulation," Mae said, "is that our gods of old---from Zeus to Poseidon, to Anubis and Isis---were all royal benificiaries of the superancient civilization that built the Machine.

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