Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Ancientness; antiquity.
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- noun
ancientness
Etymologies
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ancient + -cy
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Examples
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An appeal to anciency is usually a safeguard for a basis.
Tea-Cup Reading and Fortune-Telling by Tea Leaves, by a Highland Seer
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o 'the world, or the gift o' that man ye tould me of, that slew the wild boars in anciency.
Romany of the Snows, Continuation of "Pierre and His People" Gilbert Parker 1897
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o 'the world, or the gift o' that man ye tould me of, that slew the wild boars in anciency.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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o 'the world, or the gift o' that man ye tould me of, that slew the wild boars in anciency.
Romany of the Snows, Continuation of "Pierre and His People", v4 Gilbert Parker 1897
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