antiquity
[noun]
Synonyms:
- old age, age, ancientness, elderliness, oldness
- distant past, ancient times, olden days, time immemorial

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an‧tiq‧ui‧ty /ænˈtɪkwəti, ænˈtɪkwɪti/ noun (plural antiquities)

1. [uncountable] ancient times
in antiquity
The common household fork was nearly unknown in antiquity.

2. [uncountable] the state of being very old:
a building of great antiquity

3. [countable usually plural] a building or object made in ancient times:
a collection of Roman antiquities

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antiquity
noun
I. ancient times
ADJ. classical, Greek, Roman, etc. legends from Greek antiquity
late | immemorial, remote
VERB + ANTIQUITY date from, survive from | be lost in The origins of this ancient structure are lost in antiquity.
PREP. from ~ a study of urban life from antiquity to the present day
in ~ vases that were manufactured in late classical antiquity

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antiquity
II. a work of art, etc. from ancient times
ADJ. classical, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, etc.
VERB + ANTIQUITY collect He collects Egyptian and Roman antiquities.

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antiquity
III. great age
ADJ. considerable, great the considerable antiquity of the rocks in this region

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