Antiquity

[æn'tɪkwɪtɪ] or [æn'tɪkwəti]

Definition

(noun.) an artifact surviving from the past.

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

Editor: Stephen--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.

(n.) Old age.

(n.) Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.

(n.) The ancients; the people of ancient times.

(n.) An old gentleman.

(n.) A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.]

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Old times, the olden time, ancient times, days of yore, AULD LANG SYNE.[2]. Ancients, people of old times.[3]. Ancientness, great age.[4]. [pl.] Relics of old times.

Editor: Tamara

Definition

n. ancient times esp. the times of the ancient Greeks and Romans: great age: (Shak.) old age seniority: ancient style: the people of old time: (pl.) manners customs relics of ancient times.—n. Antiquitār′ian one attached to the practices and opinions of antiquity.

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