ANTIQUITY

antiquity

(noun) an artifact surviving from the past

ancientness, antiquity

(noun) extreme oldness

antiquity

(noun) the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Antiquity

The period of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.

Synonyms

• classical antiquity

Etymology

Noun

antiquity (countable and uncountable, plural antiquities)

Ancient times; faraway history; former ages

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.

(history) The historical period preceding the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500), primarily relating to European history.

(often, constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times, such as a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.

The state of being ancient or of ancient lineage.

Source: Wiktionary


An*tiq"ui*ty, n.; pl. Antiquities. Etym: [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 Shak.

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 Sir W. Raleigh.

5. An old gentleman. [Obs.] You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench. B. 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." Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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