ancient times, former ages; oldness, state of being ancient
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Antiquity Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.
The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.
(n.)
The ancients; the people of ancient times.
The ancients; the people of ancient times.
(n.)
Old age.
Old age.
(n.)
Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
(n.)
An old gentleman.
An old gentleman.
(n.)
A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.]
antiquity
\an*tiq"ui*ty\ (&?;), n.; pl. antiquities (&?;). [l. antiquitas, fr. antiquus: cf. f. antiquité. see antique.]
1. the quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.
2. old age. [obs.] it not your voice broken? and every part about you blasted with antiquity?
3. ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
4. the ancients; the people of ancient times. that such pillars were raised by seth all antiquity has &?;vowed. w. raleigh.
5. an old gentleman. [obs.] you are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor clench. jonson.
6. a relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
note: [in this sense, usually in the plural.] "heathen antiquities."
Cynamser = n. antiquity
Cynoes = n. first age, antiquity
Hen = n. age, antiquity; a. old
Hender = n. antiquity, age
Hynafiaeth = n. antiquity
Noun
1. the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
(hypernym) historic period, age
(part-holonym) history
(class) Roman
2. extreme oldness
(synonym) ancientness
(hypernym) oldness
3. an artifact surviving from the past
(hypernym) artifact, artefact
(hyponym) antique
Antiquity Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Antiquity (noun) and ancient (adjective) may refer to:
- any period before the Middle Ages (476-1453), but still within the period of human history or prehistory. The term is most often used of Classical Antiquity, the classical civilizations of the Mediterranean, especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
- "Ancient history" generally, and may be used of any historical period before the Middle Ages
- Ancient Near East
- Late Antiquity is used of the period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
- African Antiquity
- Ancient Iran (Persia)
- Ancient China
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient India (disambiguation)
- Ancient Japan
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient languages
- Ancient music
- Antiquities, the term—almost always in the plural in modern usage, referring to objects or artefacts surviving from ancient cultures.
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Antiquity Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
antiquity; old age
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