Definition
• | The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity. |
• | Old age. |
• | Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity. |
• | The ancients; the people of ancient times. |
• | An old gentleman. |
• | A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.] |