Antiquity

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Ancient times, especially the times preceding the Middle Ages.
  • n. The people, especially the writers and artisans, of ancient times: inventions unknown to antiquity.
  • n. The quality of being old or ancient; considerable age: a carving of great antiquity.
  • n. Something, such as an object or a relic, belonging to or dating from ancient times. Often used in the plural.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Ancient times; former ages; times long since past
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age
  • n. Old age.
  • n. Ancient times; former ages; times long since past.
  • 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.]
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age: as, a family of great antiquity.
  • n. Ancient times; former ages; times long since past: as, Demosthenes was the most eloquent orator of antiquity.
  • n. The ancients collectively; the people of ancient times.
  • n. An old person.
  • n. That which is ancient, or belongs to old or ancient times; something left by or peculiar to the ancients: generally in the plural: as, Greek or Egyptian antiquities.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. extreme oldness
  • n. an artifact surviving from the past
  • n. the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    oldness    age    historic period   
    Cross Reference
    relic   
    Synonym
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    poetry    tradition    civilization    architecture    relic    legend    origin    mythology    history    beauty