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ancient
has definitions from the field of antiquity
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[ adjective ] very old
Examples "an ancient mariner" Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)Some time later the missing part of the relic was found and the complete inscription , together with other new evidence , fully corroborated the ancient priest 's information . Dr._Hilprecht was uncertain as to the language used by the ancient priest in his dream . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (antiquity) belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
Examples "ancient history" "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians" "ancient Greece" Used in print (Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)Some areas may provide archeological values such as ancient Indian village sites or hunting areas , caves , artifacts , etcetera . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)that the dream was a reality on the infinite progressions of universal , gradient frequencies , across which the modern professor and the priest of ancient Nippur met ? (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)One part of her audience was totally engaged , the connoisseur witnessing a peculiarly fine performance of some ancient classic , the other part , the guest of the connoisseur , attentive as one who must take an intelligent interest in_that which he does not fully understand . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] belonging to or lasting from times long ago
Examples "age-old customs" "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness" Used in print (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)As a boy in a local school he was shy and solitary , absorbed in his fondness for nature and his visions of Sweden 's ancient glory . (Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)He stared at the clerk who sat at a scarred and ancient fumed-oak desk stuffing envelopes . Related terms |
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