(a.) Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days.
(a.) Old; that has been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as, an ancient forest; an ancient castle.
(a.) Known for a long time, or from early times; -- opposed to recent or new; as, the ancient continent.
(a.) Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable.
(a.) Experienced; versed.
(a.) Former; sometime.
(n.) Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns.
(n.) An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.
(n.) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
(n.) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
(n.) An ensign or flag.
(n.) The bearer of a flag; an ensign.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bobbing in warming waters, this ancient ice fossil will be gone in a couple of weeks.
(2) This is the first archaeological evidence of operative dentistry in ancient Israel, as well as the earliest date for this specific treatment in the world.
(3) And that ancient Basque cultural gem – the mysterious language with its odd Xs, Ks and Ts – will be honoured at every turn in a city where it was forbidden by Franco.
(4) Audiences were disappointed that the love scenes between Taylor and Burton that had been the talk of modern Rome were not repeated with so much passion in those of ancient Rome.
(5) The exact purpose of the complex is a mystery, though it is clearly ancient.
(6) Last week Isis bulldozed the ancient city of Nimrud , also near Mosul, which the militant group conquered in a lightning advance last summer.
(7) Stonehenge stood at the heart of a sprawling landscape of chapels, burial mounds, massive pits and ritual shrines, according to an unprecedented survey of the ancient grounds.
(8) Then there are the divisions of ethnicity, faith and caste, the ancient social hierarchy prevalent in much of south Asia.
(9) Further south is Ghadames, one of the most ancient settlements in north Africa , which Unesco calls “the pearl of the desert”.
(10) The rich ethnopharmacological descriptions in the ancient books of herbal remedy and those scattered in the folklore medicine contribute the possibility of this approach.
(11) A radiologic-pathologic correlative investigation of the normal age-related alterations in the spinous processes and intervening soft tissues was performed using cadaveric spines and both ancient and modern macerated vertebral specimens.
(12) In a ruling rejecting any claims to the "spoils of war," New York's highest court concluded Thursday that an ancient gold tablet must be returned to the German museum that lost it in the Second world war .
(13) The country’s other attractions include a burning pit at “the door to hell” in the Darvaza crater, and rarely seen stretches of the silk road, the region’s ancient trade route.
(14) Furthermore, it also witnesses the great resistance of the organism of ancient people in Latvia in cases of surgical intervention.
(15) The centre of an ancient Greek city state was its agora – a place of assembly, for the exchange of ideas among the free-born as well as of goods.
(16) A treasure trove of more than £1.7bn-worth of old masters paintings, Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquities, ancient weapons and prehistoric archaeological items were allowed to be sold overseas in the year to May 2013, according to official statistics issued by the government .
(17) In ancient Rome and during the Renaissance compression by means of leaden plates was a well-known treatment of cancer.
(18) In the ancient specimens, 70% or less was extractable.
(19) The food of an ancient person requires a special attention: it must be soft and easily chewed.
(20) Throughout ancient Egyptian history, rulers changed capitals to enforce a sense of national renewal or unity – a trend that began with the first purpose-built capital of a united Egypt , some 5,000 years ago.
Publican
Definition:
(n.) A farmer of the taxes and public revenues; hence, a collector of toll or tribute. The inferior officers of this class were often oppressive in their exactions, and were regarded with great detestation.
(n.) The keeper of an inn or public house; one licensed to retail beer, spirits, or wine.
Example Sentences:
(1) We know from both Heineken’s words and actions that they will give preference to their own products across their estate, and this is simply not fair for brewers, publicans or consumers.
(2) I’ve been involved with meeting a whole range of beer buyers, meeting politicians and other dignitaries, including Prince Charles, to speaking to publicans and doing tastings in big and small stores.
(3) His own working-class childhood, as the son of a publican in the north-west, had the library for books and the radio for drama: "We listened to a lot of drama, adaptations of books, comedy.
(4) Stacey was a young, attractive woman and one of the show’s stars.” Publican Steve McDonald in Coronation Street is also a major character who everyone likes and can relate to and his struggle with depression has attracted a positive response on social media.
(5) The congregations who come for these, the real purposes of the building, should remember that Jesus talked to publicans and tax collectors.
(6) Both men were publicans as well as hangmen, but had very different personalities.
(7) That would seem to be one conclusion to draw from a new study into wellbeing and public policy, which found that employees reporting greatest job satisfaction were vicars, while publicans – who on average earn almost £5,000 a year more – were the least happy in their work.
(8) So what can be done to improve the wellbeing of the British publican?
(9) A recent survey by pub trade magazine the Publican's Morning Advertiser (PMA) revealed that 63% of licensees are overweight and unhappy about it, and more than half admitted to drinking more than the recommended 21 units of alcohol a week.
(10) Publican John Doyle said: "I've worked my arse off under your regime and I'm going to go bankrupt again for a second time around."
(11) The ad being run by the Premier League warns publicans that this ruling has clarified its right to pursue unauthorised broadcasters.
(12) On 3 February the UK court delivered its judgment on an ECJ ruling relating to a company called QC Leisure, a provider of Greek and Arabic decoder cards to publicans in the UK.
(13) And then, 20 minutes later, he sent this: After meeting Brown, the angry publican – John Doyle – now says he will back Labour, not the Lib Dems.
(14) Many of the associations found were consistent with those that have been described for men, with high mortality ratios for cirrhosis in barmaids and publicans, for suicide in the medical and allied professions, and for respiratory disease in textile workers.
(15) "Should Mrs Murphy, or any other publican, use European Economic Area foreign satellite systems to show Premier League football on their premises without our authority and outside the scope of our authorisation, they make themselves liable for us to take action against them in both the civil and criminal courts," the Premier League spokesman.
(16) Unlike the publicans, landlords, barmaids, barmen, sommeliers, wine waiters, even the mixologists, who kindly make us drunk.
(17) Business is down 10% in Scottish pubs since the smoking ban went into effect in March, a poll of publicans says.
(18) But throw in the context in which publicans are working, and it starts to look decidedly grim.
(19) The sanguine Premier League is already noting that it will be easy to stop publicans using its footage without permission by ensuring that its logo is on screen all the time, or its theme music played every time a replay is aired.
(20) Rob Willock, PMA editor, compares publicans to clergy, the profession that in last week's survey took the top spot.