antiquity

Speech parts

1. antiquity - Noun

2. Antiquity - Proper noun

Meaning

The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.

Old age.

Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.

The ancients; the people of ancient times.

An old gentleman.

A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.]

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

yore ancientness old times classical antiquity olden days anglo-saxon eon bronze age history age past chronicler relic eld ruin
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Antonyms

airy available actual contemporary currency initiative
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Hypernyms

age artifact artefact oldness historic period

Hyponyms

relic antique stele stela Roman building

Related terms

ancient antique antiquated antiquarian antic antiquary

Phrases with the word

gothic antiquity dealer of antiquity cobwebs of antiquity rust of antiquity mediterranean antiquity and has antiquity

Derivatives

Antiquities

Examples

The prime objective of all Initiatory music in the Temples of Antiquity was to bring about physical purification and renewal, mental stimulation and alertness, spiritual exhilaration and Illumination. Ambrose

Custom is often only the antiquity of error. Cyprian

Science is a cooperative enterprise, spanning the generations. It's the passing of a torch from teacher, to student, to teacher. A community of minds reaching back to antiquity and forward to the stars. Neil deGrasse Tyson

To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days. Plutarch

Antiquity is entitled to respect. Latin Proverb

A proverb is the wisdom of age and antiquity. Turkish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

antiquitization antiquitize antiquitous antiquization antiquize antiquota