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The state, fact or measure of being ancient or old in age
“A third instance is that paleontological evidence seemed to push the antiquity of life back to the earliest Archaean times.”
The ancient past, especially the period of classical and other human civilizations before the Middle Ages
“Often most precious and most rare are relics from antiquity, such as the stone with which David slew Goliath, or one of Shadrach's sandals, with scorch marks on the sole.”
A relic or artifact of ancient times
“This is typical of our civil and social organization, in which everything is the creation of the day, and yet retains the impress of an old antiquity.”
The experience or events of the past
State of being ancient, old, early, or lacking sophistication
A period of history in the early or ancient past
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