dawn of time

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the dawn of time

  1. (idiomatic) The beginning of time, of the universe, of the world, of mankind or of history.
    Antonym: end of time
    since the dawn of time
    • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Klencory:
      Klencory is famously claimed by the eccentric volus billionaire Kumun Shol. He claims that a vision of a higher being told him to seek on Klencory the "lost crypts of beings of light". These entities were supposedly created at the dawn of time to protect organic life from synthetic "machine devils."
  2. (idiomatic) Time immemorial.

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