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Edenic

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E·den  (dn)
n.
1. Bible The garden of God and the first home of Adam and Eve. Also called Garden of Eden.
2. A delightful place; a paradise.
3. A state of innocence, bliss, or ultimate happiness.
[Middle English, from Late Latin, from Greek dn, from Hebrew 'den, delight, Eden; see dn in Semitic roots.]
E·denic (-dnk) adj.
Eden, Sir (Robert) Anthony. First Earl of Avon. 1897-1977.
British politician who as foreign minister (1935-1938, 1940-1945, and 1951-1955) was instrumental in the founding of the United Nations (1945) and as prime minister (1955-1957) supported the 1956 Anglo-French invasion of Egypt.
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Second, the Edenic state was a superior environment in which innocent humanity would have flourished to the fullness of its capacity.
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Finally, the Miami City Ballet took on Twyla Tharp’s epic, idiosyncratic and Edenic In the Upper Room (1992), in which sneakers meet pointe shoes and do battle—which in Tharpdom means that they mate, leaving everyone, onstage, in the house, in the wings, spent but gratified.
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