ANCIENTRY
Etymology
Noun
ancientry (plural ancientries)
(archaic) The quality or fact of being ancient or very old.
(archaic) Old-fashioned style, elaborate ceremony.
(archaic) Elderly people, elders, ancients (collectively).
(archaic) Something ancient (countable); ancient things (collectively).
(archaic) The olden days; antiquity.
In essence inconceivable.
Source: Wiktionary
An"cient*ry, n.
1. Antiquity; what is ancient.
They contain not word of ancientry. West.
2. Old age; also, old people. [R.]
Wronging the ancientry. Shak.
3. Ancient lineage; ancestry; dignity of birth.
A gentleman of more ancientry than estate. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition