Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Ancientness; antiquity; qualities peculiar to that which is old.
- noun Old people: as, “wronging the ancientry,”
- noun Ancient lineage; dignity of birth.
- noun Something belonging or relating to ancient times.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Antiquity; what is ancient.
- noun rare Old age; also, old people.
- noun Ancient lineage; ancestry; dignity of birth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic The quality or fact of being
ancient or very old. - noun archaic Old-fashioned style, elaborate
ceremony . - noun archaic The olden days;
antiquity .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I would there were no age between sixteen and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting.
Horrible Boys Bystander 2009
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I would there were no age between sixteen and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting.
Archive 2009-05-01 Bystander 2009
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''I would that there were no age between sixteen and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting...''
Archive 2006-07-01 Rachel 2006
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''I would that there were no age between sixteen and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting...''
Unlinked Rachel 2006
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I would there were no age between sixteen and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting — Hark you now!
The Winter’s Tale 2004
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Alderman Constantine, a High Churchman, indignant at being passed over by a junior in the contest for the mayoralty, brought the matter before the Council Board, and produced an old by-law by which aldermen, according to their ancientry, were required to keep their mayoralty.
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They are the emblem of our country, of its holiness and ancientry, which we wear with pride on this day of each year.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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They are the emblem of our country, of its holiness and ancientry, which we wear with pride on this day of each year.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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I love only that which they defend: the city of the Men of Númenor; and I would have her loved for her memory, her ancientry, her beauty, and her present wisdom.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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I stepped ahead of Margaret into the fine old room, with its pleasant memorials of ancientry.
The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough
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