English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Antiquity
(n.)
The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age;
as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.
Antiquity
(n.)
Old age.
Antiquity
(n.)
Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as,
Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
Antiquity
(n.)
The ancients; the people of ancient times.
Antiquity
(n.)
An old gentleman.
Antiquity
(n.)
A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a
statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the
plural.]