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Definition of ancient
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of ancient is as below...
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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Moile
::
Moile (n.) A kind of high shoe
anciently
worn.
Cancer
::
Cancer
(n.)
Formerly,
any
malignant
growth,
esp. one
attended
with great pain and
ulceration,
with
cachexia
and
progressive
emaciation.
It was so
called,
perhaps,
from the great veins which
surround
it,
compared
by the
ancients
to the claws of a crab. The term is now
restricted
to such a
growth
made up of
aggregations
of
epithelial
cells,
either
without
support
or
embedded
in the
meshes
of a
trabecular
framework..
Classical
::
Classical
(n.) Of or
pertaining
to the
ancient
Greeks
and
Romans,
esp. to Greek or Roman
authors
of the
highest
rank, or of the
period
when their best
literature
was
produced;
of or
pertaining
to
places
inhabited
by the
ancient
Greeks
and
Romans,
or
rendered
famous
by their
deeds..
Bohemian
::
Bohemian
(n.) The
language
of the
Czechs
(the
ancient
inhabitants
of
Bohemia),
the
richest
and most
developed
of the
dialects
of the
Slavic
family..
Talent
::
Talent
(v. t.) Among the
ancient
Greeks,
a
weight
and a
denomination
of money equal to 60 minae or 6,000
drachmae.
The Attic
talent,
as a
weight,
was about 57 lbs.
avoirdupois;
as a
denomination
of
silver
money,
its value was ?243 15s.
sterling,
or about
$1,180..
Arundelian
::
Arundelian
(a.)
Pertaining
to an Earl of
Arundel;
as,
Arundel
or
Arundelian
marbles,
marbles
from
ancient
Greece,
bought
by the Earl of
Arundel
in
1624..
Percher
::
Percher
(v. i.) A Paris
candle
anciently
used in
England;
also, a large wax
candle
formerly
set upon the
altar..
Hyads
::
Hyads
(n.pl.)
A
cluster
of five stars in the face of the
constellation
Taurus,
supposed
by the
ancients
to
indicate
the
coming
of rainy
weather
when they rose with the sun..
Hawkweed
::
Hawkweed
(n.) A plant of the genus
Hieracium;
-- so
called
from the
ancient
belief
that birds of prey used its juice to
strengthen
their
vision.
Florence
::
Florence
(n.) An
ancient
gold coin of the time of
Edward
III., of six
shillings
sterling
value..
Sustenance
::
Sustaltic
(a.)
Mournful;
-- said of a
species
of music among the
ancient
Greeks.
Hierology
::
Hierology
(n.) A
treatise
on
sacred
things;
especially,
the
science
which
treats
of the
ancient
writings
and
inscriptions
of the
Egyptians,
or a
treatise
on that
science..
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..
Pachacamac
::
Pachacamac
(n.) A
divinity
worshiped
by the
ancient
Peruvians
as the
creator
of the
universe.
Lotus
::
Lotus (n.) A name of
several
kinds of water
lilies;
as
Nelumbium
speciosum,
used in
religious
ceremonies,
anciently
in
Egypt,
and to this day in Asia;
Nelumbium
luteum,
the
American
lotus;
and
Nymphaea
Lotus and N.
caerulea,
the
respectively
white-flowered
and
blue-flowered
lotus of
modern
Egypt,
which,
with
Nelumbium
speciosum,
are
figured
on its
ancient
monuments..
Maccabees
::
Maccabees
(n. pl.) The name of two
ancient
historical
books,
which give
accounts
of
Jewish
affairs
in or about the time of the
Maccabean
princes,
and which are
received
as
canonical
books in the Roman
Catholic
Church,
but are
included
in the
Apocrypha
by
Protestants.
Also
applied
to three
books,
two of which are found in some MSS. of the
Septuagint..
Etrurian
::
Etrurian
(n.) A
native
or
inhabitant
of
ancient
Etruria.
Hydroscope
::
Hydroscope
(n.) A kind of water
clock,
used
anciently
for
measuring
time, the water
tricking
from an
orifice
at the end of a
graduated
tube..
Numidian
::
Numidian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
ancient
Numidia
in
Northern
Africa.
Undern
::
Undern
(n.) The time
between;
the time
between
sunrise
and noon;
specifically,
the third hour of the day, or nine
o'clock
in the
morning,
according
to
ancient
reckoning;
hence,
mealtime,
because
formerly
the
principal
meal was eaten at that hour; also,
later,
the
afternoon;
the time
between
dinner
and
supper..
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