1. Noun
The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.
2. Noun
Old age.
3. Noun
Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
4. Noun
The ancients; the people of ancient times.
5. Noun
An old gentleman.
6. Noun
A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.]
7. Noun
an artifact surviving from the past
Vocabulary classified under History
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