ancientness

ancientness
The state or quality of being ancient.

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  • Ancientness — An cient*ness, n. The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ancientness — noun see ancient I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ancientness — See anciently. * * * …   Universalium

  • ancientness — n. oldness, primitiveness, antiquity …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ancientness — noun extreme oldness • Syn: ↑antiquity • Derivationally related forms: ↑antique (for: ↑antiquity), ↑ancient • Hypernyms: ↑oldness …   Useful english dictionary

  • Antiquities — Antiquity An*tiq ui*ty, n.; pl. {Antiquities}. [L. antiquitas, fr. antiquus: cf. F. antiquit[ e]. See {Antique}.] 1. The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Antiquity — An*tiq ui*ty, n.; pl. {Antiquities}. [L. antiquitas, fr. antiquus: cf. F. antiquit[ e]. See {Antique}.] 1. The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ancientry — noun Date: 1580 antiquity, ancientness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ancient — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English ancien, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *anteanus, from Latin ante before more at ante Date: 14th century 1. having had an existence of many years 2. of or relating to a remote period, to a time early… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Midgard — For other uses, see Midgard (disambiguation). The runes a:miþkarþi for Old Norse à Miðgarði meaning in Midgard in Middle Earth , on the Fyrby Runestone (Sö 56) in Södermanland, Sweden. Midgard (an Anglicised[ …   Wikipedia

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