Results for antiquity

Definitions of antiquity:

part of speech: noun

Ancient times: great age: a relic of the past.

part of speech: noun

Great age: early ages; the people or races of ancient times; that which belonged to, or survives from, ancient times; a relic.

Usage examples for antiquity:

• The church, E. E., is of great antiquity some parts of it having been little altered; it is of flint, and stands at the N. E. end of the village. "Hertfordshire", Herbert W Tompkins

• The same as all antiquity attached to it: " Finxit in effigiem moderantum cuncta deorum." "A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version"", François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh

• It must inevitably be the case that a name dating back to a remote antiquity and in use over a wide area, must be subject to many phonetic variations. "Surnames as a Science", Robert Ferguson

• Sure of its own superiority, it took no counsel with antiquity and scorned the advice of its neighbors. "The Valley of Vision", Henry Van Dyke