Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun etc. Former spellings of ancient, ancientry, etc.

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  • noun Obsolete spelling of ancient.
  • adjective Obsolete spelling of ancient.

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Examples

  • But this intrigue of the antient is a piece of private history, the truth of which my beloved cares not to own, and indeed affects to disbelieve: as she does also some puisny gallantries of her foolish brother; which, by way of recrimination, I have hinted at, without naming my informant in their family.

    Clarissa Harlowe 2006

  • It recalls antient as well as recent recollections, very dear to my heart.

    Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Thomas Jefferson 1784

  • It recalls antient as well as recent recollections, very dear to my heart.

    Letters 1760

  • Reprinted without alteration, except in the spelling of "antient," among

    The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson Tennyson 1850

  • The account says the judge appointed five "antient weamen" to examine Sherwood's body in full, whereupon they found "two things like titts on her private parts of a black coller color" that she apparently used to suckle demons.

    Virginia Historical Society's odd gems offer uncommon insights into the past 2011

  • The vote endorsing new instructions for the delegates was the last one taken by the “antient” Pennsylvania Assembly; the body never again mustered a quorum under its original charter.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • The vote endorsing new instructions for the delegates was the last one taken by the “antient” Pennsylvania Assembly; the body never again mustered a quorum under its original charter.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • It's both::: The democratization of Iraq has initiated this antient people into disfavor, as it has done so many times before.

    Why Does It Have to Require So Much Thought? | Her Bad Mother 2008

  • Use it as a reminder to pray, to be god-fearing, for this is a very antient clue and shows their great power.

    Letter Two Newmania 2008

  • Use it as a reminder to pray, to be god-fearing, for this is a very antient clue and shows their great power.

    Only The English are British Newmania 2008

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