antiquitary

English

Etymology

From antiquity +‎ -ary.

Noun

antiquitary (plural antiquitaries)

1. Alternative form of antiquary.
   • 1679, James, Eleventh Lord Somerville, Memorie of the Somervilles: Being a History of the Baronial House of Somerville, volume I, Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Co. […], published 1815, pages 200–201:

     I know ther are many intelligent gentlemen in this age, and great antiquitaries, that questiones the truth of severall particulars contained in the historie of the Douglasses, as though that author, to magnifie above all measure these of whom he writes, doeth obscure, or, at the least, minches the reputatione of others, particularly in this action, as in severall others that occurred, in the tymes of these memories he writes off.

   • 1824, Ephraim Hardcastle, “Chapter XIV. Hogarth and Farmer Stubbs”, in Wine and Walnuts; or, After Dinner Chit-Chat, 2nd edition, volume I, London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster-Row, page 165:

     Dr. Ducarel, the antiquitary, keeper of the library at Lambeth Palace.

   • 1919, Fitzwater Wray, transl., Light, Outlook Verlag, translation of original by Henri Barbusse, published 2019, →ISBN, page 46:

     “I’m a man, like everybody,” proudly replies Crillon. “It’s not that I hold by accustomary ideas; I’m not an antiquitary, but I don’t like to single-arise myself. If I’m a botcher in life, it’s cos I’m the same as others—no less,” he says, straightening up. And standing still more erect, he adds, “Nor no more, neither!”

   • 2009, Raymond L. Nelson, Friends and Winners, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 54:

     “Count Phebon,” Ivan said, in his driest and most pedantic voice, “dislikes warriors but likes antiquitaries. […]”