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.] |
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