antiquity
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From Middle English antiquytee, from Old French antiquité, from Latin antiquitas, from antiquus; see antique, antic. Compare with French antiquité.
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antiquity (plural antiquities)
- Ancient times; former ages; times long since past
- Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
- The ancients; the people of ancient times.
- That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has avowed. --Sir W. Raleigh.
- (obsolete) An old gentleman.
- You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench. --B. Jonson.
- (often constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
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ancient times
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the ancients
[edit] External links
- antiquity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- antiquity in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
