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- noun Plural form of
antiquary .
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Examples
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No doubt some such exceptional cases may be met with in the course of future investigations, for we are still imperfectly acquainted with the entire fauna of the age of stone in Denmark as we may infer from an opinion expressed by Steenstrup, that some of the instruments exhumed by antiquaries from the Danish peat are made of the bones and horns of the elk and reindeer.
The Antiquity of Man Charles Lyell 1836
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Would not the antiquaries of succeeding centuries rightly reason from our past that we were a heathen nation?
Berlinski's Wisdom 2010
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For centuries "stained drawings" had been the approved means for antiquaries, topographers and military men to map the lie of the land.
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Wherfore, sith the necessitie with honour, and having dwelt comfortably at this and possessed of certain conclusions in respect of handsome painted glass. either the antiquaries highsouled assailant, caused the earth in that hic sapiens, de quo loquor, oculis quibus iste an eye, stood mace in hand.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Sometimes this site gets crazy spam 2008
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The style seemed to me to be excessively wordy, reminiscent of the more ponderous types of academic writing, or of the reports of Victorian antiquaries.
Archive 2010-01-01 Carla 2010
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The style seemed to me to be excessively wordy, reminiscent of the more ponderous types of academic writing, or of the reports of Victorian antiquaries.
King Arthur: Warrior of the West, by MK Hume. Book review Carla 2010
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The style seemed to me to be excessively wordy, reminiscent of the more ponderous types of academic writing, or of the reports of Victorian antiquaries.
The battle of Arfderydd or Arthuret Carla 2010
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My journey began shortly after our wedding when my brother-in-law, Howard, took me on an eye opening trip to Europe introducing me to all the great antiquaries of London and Paris.
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Two later French antiquaries confirm Wier's account that Agrippa died at Grenoble.
Loss of Faith 2009
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Blessings upon a fashion which has rescued from the claws of abigails, and the melting-pot of the silversmith, those neglected cimelia, for the benefit of antiquaries and the decoration of side-tables!
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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