antiquity

Definitions

1. 1.Old age. [Obs.] It not your voice broken . . . and every part about you blasted with antiquity Shak.
2. 2.Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
3. 3.The ancients; the people of ancient times. That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has Sir W. Raleigh.
4. 4.An old gentleman. [Obs.] You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench. B. Jonson.
5. 5.A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc. ; an ancient institution. Note: [In this sense, usually in the plural.] "Heathen antiquities." Bacon.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is antiquity.

• What is old age. [Obs.] It not your voice broken . . . and every part about you blasted with antiquity Shak called?
• What is ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity called?
• What is the ancients; the people of ancient times. That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has Sir W. Raleigh called?
• What is an old gentleman. [Obs.] You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench. B. Jonson called?
• What is a relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc. ; an ancient institution. Note: [In this sense, usually in the plural.] "Heathen antiquities." Bacon called?