three score and ten

1.
historicalBiblical Englisharchaicliterarybiblical
- Seventy years; literally three times twenty plus ten, an expression found in older and biblical texts.
2.
English-speaking cultures influenced by Judeo-Christian traditionarchaicliteraryidiomatic
- The normal or allotted span of a human life; one's expected lifetime, often used to evoke mortality or the passage of time.

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