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  • Saint Augustine wrote that primordial sin is a part of human legacy and human nature.†
  • primordial matter in the universe†
  • The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and under the fierce conditions of trail life it grew and grew.  (source)
    primordial = early and essential aspect of something (from before civilization)
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  • To the far side was a deep patch of fern so lush it looked primordial.  (source)
    primordial = relating to ancient characteristics that preceded civilization
  • The gloom of the forest didn't relent, though, for there were six primordial cedars that shaded an entire acre with their vast sweep of branches.  (source)
  • It is Thierry who concerns her. Thierry, who perhaps on some dark primordial level, senses that he was unexpected, unintended, uninvited.  (source)
    primordial = basic and fundamental
  • The scent of salt and brine rode on the mist from the ocean, a vaguely primordial smell.  (source)
    primordial = relating to ancient characteristics that preceded civilization
  • Only then are the onions added, handfuls of them, and now the sound is that of life being spawned in a primordial fire.  (source)
    primordial = primary or fundamental
  • The sound he made was wordless, primordial, the noise that had surely filled the world before there was order and light.  (source)
    primordial = relating to ancient characteristics that preceded civilization
  • Chapter III: The Dominant Primordial Beast  (source)
  • It was like some kind of primordial crossword puzzle.†  (source)
  • They supplied the ingredients that became us, the primordial elements.†  (source)
  • The old primordial gods like Gaea and Tartarus ...How could you leave home and ever be independent of your parents, when they literally encompassed the entire world?†  (source)
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