ancient
IPA: ˈeɪntʃʌnt
noun
- A person who is very old.
- A person who lived in ancient times.
- (UK, law) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
- (obsolete) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
- (heraldry, archaic) A flag, banner, standard or ensign.
- (obsolete, rare) The bearer of a flag; ensign.
adjective
- Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
- Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
- (history) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
- (obsolete) Experienced; versed.
- (obsolete) Former; sometime.
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Examples of "ancient" in Sentences
- The ancient minstrel was full of joy.
- Lycophron was a sophist of Ancient Greece.
- Puberty was the ancient boundary on the issue.
- Ancient books are the property of the literate.
- The Wraith language is a derivative of Ancient.
- Aboriginal, ancient and scarcely knowable it is.
- It is the notion of history in the ancient Near East.
- The creationist fervor of the past seemed like ancient history.
- On the ancient history of the direction of the motion aftereffect.
- The remnants of the old stocks are still embedded in the ancient oak.
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