Antiquity

Definition:

  • (n.) The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.
  • (n.) Old age.
  • (n.) Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
  • (n.) The ancients; the people of ancient times.
  • (n.) An old gentleman.
  • (n.) A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.]

Compare antiquity with other words:

antiquity vs. vetust

antiquity vs. ogygian

antiquity vs. oldness

antiquity vs. mobile

ancientry vs. antiquity

antiquarianism vs. antiquity

antiquity vs. hoar

antiquity vs. heritage

antiquated vs. antiquity

antiquary vs. antiquity

antique vs. antiquity

antiquarian vs. antiquity

antic vs. antiquity

ancient vs. antiquity

antiquity vs. archaic