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Definition of ancient

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Ancient (a.) Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days..

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Latakia :: Latakia (n.) A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea..

Dolabra :: Dolabra (n.) A rude ancient ax or hatchet, seen in museums..

Arenicolite :: Arenicolite (n.) An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks..

Shade :: Shade (n.) The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes..

Veda :: Veda (n.) The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature..

Iconography :: Iconography (n.) The art or representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons; as, the iconography of the ancients..

Daric :: Daric (n.) A gold coin of ancient Persia, weighing usually a little more than 128 grains, and bearing on one side the figure of an archer..

Vetust :: Vetust (a.) Venerable from antiquity; ancient; old.

Atlantean :: Atlantean (a.) Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean..

Rune :: Rune (n.) A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of the ancient Norsemen, or Scandinavians; in a wider sense, applied to the letters of the ancient nations of Northern Europe in general..

Teutonic :: Teutonic (n.) The language of the ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages, collectively..

Albion :: Albion (n.) An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry..

Lydian :: Lydian (a.) Of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in which was of a soft, pathetic, or voluptuous character..

Ormuzd :: Ormuzd (n.) The good principle, or being, of the ancient Persian religion. See Ahriman..

Norseman :: Norseman (n.) One of the ancient Scandinavians; a Northman.

Archaean :: Archaean (a.) Ancient; pertaining to the earliest period in geological history.

Vulgate :: Vulgate (a.) An ancient Latin version of the Scripture, and the only version which the Roman Church admits to be authentic; -- so called from its common use in the Latin Church..

Aruspice :: Aruspice (n.) A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex.

Verbenate :: Verbenate (v. t.) To strew with verbena, or vervain, as in ancient sacrifices and rites..

Copts :: Copts (n. pl.) An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians.