Antient
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Antient is a noun meaning Obsolete spelling of ancient.
Meaning
Obsolete spelling of ancient.
Example Sentences
The choral and orchestral concerts at the Antient Concert Rooms were of more than usual interest.
The trial by jury, your Lordship knows, is so antient a privilege belonging to mankind, that its origin cannot properly be traced.
I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs By the known rules of antient libertie, When strait a barbarous noise environs me Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs
Our voyagers make beasts under the name of Pongos, Mandrills, and Orang-Outang, of the very beings, which the antients exalted into divinities under the name of Satyrs, Fauns, and Sylvans.
Word Forms
- antients
- antienter
- antientest
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include authentick, principall, traditionary, antiently, chiefe, severall.
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