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
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