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ancientry
  1. (archaic) The quality or fact of being ancient or very old.
  2. (archaic) Old-fashioned style, elaborate ceremony.
  3. (archaic) Elderly people, elders, ancients (collectively).
  4. (archaic) Something ancient (countable); ancient things (collectively).
  5. (archaic) The olden days; antiquity.
  6. Examples:
    1. “And when she reaches it her ancientry and all its tales will be dearer to her than they have been in the past.”
      “This mingling of the beauty of youth and the honour of ancientry runs through all the Irish tales.”
      “What law embalmed in ancientry and honored as of divine origin has been more fruitful of sacrifice and suffering?”
ancient
  1. A person who is very old.
  2. A person who lived in ancient times.
  3. (heraldry, archaic) A flag, banner, standard or ensign.
  4. (Britain, law) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
  5. (obsolete) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “She was an ancient in the tribe who was accorded great respect and valued for her wisdom.”
ancients
  1. The people of classical antiquity, especially such writers and philosophers.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Some ancients still get a sparkle in their eyes when they remember surfing both swells.”
      “Also rests are allowed for in the verse of the ancients and, though not professedly, in ours like the rests in music.”
      “As times passed, times changed and, though many relicts of the ancients disappeared, this memorial became prized for its beauty and antiquity.”
ancientness
  1. The state or quality of being ancient.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The real charm of Sussex lies in its ancientness, and in its simple, good-humored country folk.”
      “Well, now we hear that a Swedish team is about to publish news on the ancientness of dingo.”
      “People of Indian origin, although not from upper castes, will mobilise the ancientness of Indian culture to claim superiority.”
antientry
  1. Obsolete form of ancientry.
antient
  1. Obsolete spelling of ancient
anciency
  1. ancientness
  2. Examples:
    1. “These turbans or crowns are a form of anciency representing the royalty of I and I Rastafari people from ancient times until this time.”
ancientnesses
ancientries
  1. plural of ancientry
antients
  1. plural of antient
  2. Examples:
    1. “The antients represented the 143 passions, by gests, colors and sounds.”
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