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What is the noun for antiquity?

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antiquity
  1. Ancient times; faraway history; former ages
  2. The people of ancient times.
  3. (obsolete) An old gentleman.
  4. (historical) The historical period preceding the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500), primarily relating to European history.
  5. (often constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times, such as a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
  6. The state of being ancient or of ancient lineage.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “A third instance is that paleontological evidence seemed to push the antiquity of life back to the earliest Archaean times.”
      “Often most precious and most rare are relics from antiquity, such as the stone with which David slew Goliath, or one of Shadrach's sandals, with scorch marks on the sole.”
      “This is typical of our civil and social organization, in which everything is the creation of the day, and yet retains the impress of an old antiquity.”
antiquarianism
  1. Study or love of antiques.
  2. Study or love of antiquity.
  3. archaism
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “It is a new antiquarianism, oblivious to any real sense of historical understanding, engagement or critique.”
      “I think it will look pleasant and will constitute a harmless act of antiquarianism.”
      “In its merger of antiquarianism and fantasy, artisanship and magic, the castle neatly sums up the art of its creator, Hayao Miyazaki.”
antiquary
  1. A person who is knowledgeable of, or who collects antiques; an antiquarian.
  2. An aficionado or student of antiquities, ancient artifacts, historic sites, ancient writings, or things of the past.
  3. Synonyms:
antiquer
  1. A person who finishes furniture or objects so they have the appearance of an antique. (Either for decoration or to perpetrate a fraud.)
  2. (slang) A person who browses for antiques.
  3. Examples:
    1. “An avid antiquer, Peggy loves to rove the nearby town of Essex for one-of-a-kind furniture and accessories.”
      “I was an antiquer, but I didn't know it and they didn't know it.”
antiquation
  1. (uncountable) The process of becoming antique or obsolete.
  2. (countable) Something that is antique or obsolete.
  3. Examples:
    1. “This in part also relates to the quaint antiquation of the seaside area where Gayfield is situated.”
antique
antiquehood
  1. (rare) The state, condition, or quality of being an antique or of being old; antiquity.
antiquarian
antiquedom
  1. (rare, colloquial) The world of antiques or of things old; antiquity.
antiquist
antiquatedness
antiquitarian
  1. Alternative form of antiquarian
antiqueness
  1. The state or quality of being antique.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Perhaps I still felt impressed by the order, the silence, the perfect white antiqueness, as I am when faced with a large sheet of paper on which I must draw lines.”
      “Indeed, what makes an antique an antique is not merely how old it is, as if antiqueness were a property or quality of the object itself.”
antiquitie
  1. Obsolete form of antiquity.
antiquities
  1. plural of antiquity
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Shops selling Japanese woodblock prints, kimonos, fans and antiquities popped up in Paris like mushrooms.”
      “Observers wonder what is the difference between licit and illicit antiquities dealers, given how much of the material comes from sites.”
      “The proposal is sponsored by the Jordanian ministry of tourism and antiquities.”
antiquities
  1. (invariable) A written account of history.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Shops selling Japanese woodblock prints, kimonos, fans and antiquities popped up in Paris like mushrooms.”
      “Observers wonder what is the difference between licit and illicit antiquities dealers, given how much of the material comes from sites.”
      “The proposal is sponsored by the Jordanian ministry of tourism and antiquities.”
antiquarianisms
  1. plural of antiquarianism
antiquitarians
  1. plural of antiquitarian
antiquarians
  1. plural of antiquarian
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Our readership of more than 20,000 includes genealogists, historians, heraldists and antiquarians.”
      “Napoleon has with him scholars, including antiquarians and linguists, whose job it is to unravel the mysteries of ancient Egypt.”
      “Genealogists are no longer simply antiquarians but often museologists, archivists, and family historians.”
antiquations
  1. plural of antiquation
antiquists
  1. plural of antiquist
antiquaries
  1. plural of antiquary
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Norwich in particular is a borough that has been well-served by its antiquaries, and Hudson's work represents the best of antiquarianism.”
      “Most of the owners of Egyptian material appear to have been inquisitive antiquaries rather than aristocratic virtuosi seeking works of art for their country houses.”
      “In prose, only scholars chiefly antiquaries and historians still wrote in Catalan.”
antiquers
  1. plural of antiquer
antiques
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