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Definition of ancient
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Ancient
(a.)
Former;
sometime.
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Chappion
::
Chappion
(n.) One who
engages
in any
contest;
esp. one who in
ancient
times
contended
in
single
combat
in
behalf
of
another's
honor or
rights;
or one who acts or
speaks
in
behalf
of a
person
or a
cause;
a
defender;
an
advocate;
a hero.
Torque
::
Torque
(n.) A
collar
or neck
chain,
usually
twisted,
especially
as worn by
ancient
barbaric
nations,
as the
Gauls,
Germans,
and
Britons..
Palladium
::
Palladium
(n.) Any
statue
of the
goddess
Pallas;
esp., the
famous
statue
on the
preservation
of which
depended
the
safety
of
ancient
Troy..
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..
Niello
::
Niello
(n.) An
impression
on paper taken from an
ancient
incised
decoration
or metal
plate.
Brabantine
::
Brabantine
(a.)
Pertaining
to
Brabant,
an
ancient
province
of the
Netherlands..
Tiara
::
Tiara (n.) A form of
headdress
worn by the
ancient
Persians.
According
to
Xenophon,
the royal tiara was
encircled
with a
diadem,
and was high and
erect,
while those of the
people
were
flexible,
or had rims
turned
over..
Runer
::
Runer (n.) A bard, or
learned
man, among the
ancient
Goths..
Hydromancy
::
Hydromancy
(n.)
Divination
by means of
water,
--
practiced
by the
ancients..
Amphicome
::
Amphicome
(n.) A kind of
figured
stone,
rugged
and beset with
eminences,
anciently
used in
divination..
Mummy
::
Mummy (n.) A dead body
embalmed
and dried after the
manner
of the
ancient
Egyptians;
also, a body
preserved,
by any
means,
in a dry
state,
from the
process
of
putrefaction..
Pentachord
::
Pentachord
(n.) An
ancient
instrument
of music with five
strings.
Anciently
::
Anciently
(adv.)
In
ancient
times.
Flambeau
::
Flambeau
(n.) A
flaming
torch,
esp. one made by
combining
together
a
number
of thick wicks
invested
with a
quick-burning
substance
(anciently,
perhaps,
wax; in
modern
times,
pitch or the
like);
hence,
any
torch..
Athlete
::
Athlete
(n.) One who
contended
for a prize in the
public
games of
ancient
Greece
or Rome.
Obolus
::
Obolus
(n.) An
ancient
weight,
the sixth part of a
drachm..
Therapeutae
::
Therapeutae
(n. pl.) A name given to
certain
ascetics
said to have
anciently
dwelt in the
neighborhood
of
Alexandria.
They are
described
in a work
attributed
to
Philo,
the
genuineness
and
credibility
of which are now much
discredited..
Pornography
::
Pornography
(n.)
Licentious
painting
or
literature;
especially,
the
painting
anciently
employed
to
decorate
the walls of rooms
devoted
to
bacchanalian
orgies..
Cross
::
Cross (n.) A
gibbet,
consisting
of two
pieces
of
timber
placed
transversely
upon one
another,
in
various
forms,
as a T, or +, with the
horizontal
piece below the upper end of the
upright,
or as an X. It was
anciently
used in the
execution
of
criminals..
Metope
::
Metope
(n.) The space
between
two
triglyphs
of the Doric
frieze,
which,
among the
ancients,
was often
adorned
with
carved
work. See
Illust.
of
Entablature..
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