Antiquity

  • 21Antiquity (journal) — Antiquity is one of the world s leading learned journals dedicated to the subject of archaeology.It is owned by a registered charity, The Antiquity Trust which was founded by the archaeologist O. G. S. Crawford in 1927 and counts Warwick Bray,… …

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  • 22Antiquity of the World —     Antiquity of the World     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Antiquity of the World     Various attempts have been made to establish the age of the world. Two groups of scientists have especially busied themselves with this question: physicists and… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 23antiquity of custom — Under the English rule, a custom existing since 1189, the commencement of the reign of Richard 1, which is accepted as the beginning of time of legal memory; in the United States, the element of antiquity exists if it shall have existed from time …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 24Antiquity illusion — The Antiquity illusion is the belief that a word, meaning, grammatical construction or phrase that is familiar to you has been common for a long time when it is in fact of recent origin. See also * Adolescent illusion * Infrequency illusion * Out …

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  • 25antiquity — noun (plural ties) Date: 13th century 1. ancient times; especially those before the Middle Ages 2. the quality of being ancient 3. plural a. relics or monuments (as coins, statues, or buildings) of ancient times b …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 26Antiquity — noun As a proper noun, usually used to refer to the period of and …

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  • 27Antiquity —    See Classics …

    Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

  • 28antiquity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. old[en] times; the past, ancient history; oldness. Ant., modern times, present. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The quality of being old] Syn. antiqueness, ancientness, oldness, elderliness, age, old age,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 29antiquity — an|tiq|ui|ty [ æn tıkwəti ] noun 1. ) uncount ancient times, especially the period of time before the end of the Roman Empire in 476 a.d. 2. ) count usually plural an object or building that existed in ancient times and still exists 3. ) uncount… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 30antiquity — an·tiq·ui·ty || æn tɪkwÉ™tɪ n. ancient times, former ages; oldness, state of being ancient …

    English contemporary dictionary