n. Study or love of antiques; this sense is never pluralized
n. Study or love of antiquity; this sense is never pluralized
n. archaism
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Character of an antiquary; study or love of antiquities.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The character or tastes of an antiquary.
n. Antiquarian research.
Word Usage
"As much as I'd like us to dispose ourselves like Sarum-rite groomsmen or grave Spanish courtiers of the seventeenth century, I realize such antiquarianism is not a going concern."