antiquity

[An*tiq·ui*ty]

If you find an antiquity, call a museum: you just found something very old. Antiquity can also mean the idea of oldness.

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

Noun
an artifact surviving from the past

Noun
extreme oldness

Noun
the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe


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.]


Antiquity

An*tiq"ui*ty , n.; pl. Antiquities . [L. antiquitas, fr. antiquus: cf. F. antiquit'82. 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?
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 vowed.
5. An old gentleman. [Obs.]
You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench.
6. A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc. ; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.] "Heathen antiquities." Bacon.

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

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Usage Examples

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.

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Other Usage Examples

The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the cycle of famine and feast in commerce, first identified in antiquity and well understood in the Middle Ages, was not suddenly abolished in modern times.

In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.

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