Home
3D
Stylish English
Comic Cartoon
Curly
Decorative
Dingbats
Dotted
Famous
Fire
Gothic
Groovy
Handwriting
Headline
more
Horror
Ice Snow
Modern
Outline
Russian
Sci Fi
Script
Valentine
Alien
Animals
Army Stencil
Asian
Bitmap Pixel
Black Letter
Blurred
Brush
Celtic Irish
Chalk Crayon
Christmas
Computer
Disney
Distorted
Easter
Fantasy
Fixed Width
Graffiti
Greek Roman
Halloween
Italic
LCD
Medieval
Mexican
Movies Tv
Old English
Old School
Pointed
Retro
Rock Stone
Rounded
School
Scratched
Serif
Square
Trash
Typewriter
USA
Various
Western
English to English Dictionary ⇛
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
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
(n.) Those who lived in
former
ages, as
opposed
to the
moderns..
Lern More About Ancient
☛ Wiki Definition of Ancient
☛ Wiki Article of Ancient
☛ Google Meaning of Ancient
☛ Google Search for Ancient
Reredos
::
Reredos
(n.) The open
hearth,
upon which fires were
lighted,
immediately
under the
louver,
in the
center
of
ancient
halls..
Helot
::
Helot (n.) A slave in
ancient
Sparta;
a
Spartan
serf;
hence,
a slave or
serf..
Stateroom
::
Stater
(n.) The
principal
gold coin of
ancient
Grece.
It
varied
much in
value,
the
stater
best known at
Athens
being worth about
£1
2s., or about
$5.35.
The Attic
silver
tetradrachm
was in later times
called
stater..
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..
Annotation
::
Annotation
(n.) A note, added by way of
comment,
or
explanation;
--
usually
in the
plural;
as,
annotations
on
ancient
authors,
or on a word or a
passage..
Rep-silver
::
Rep-silver
(n.) Money
anciently
paid by
servile
tenants
to their lord, in lieu of the
customary
service
of
reaping
his corn or
grain..
Cutwork
::
Cutwork
(n.) An
ancient
term for
embroidery,
esp.
applied
to the
earliest
form of lace, or to that early
embroidery
on linen and the like, from which the
manufacture
of lace was
developed..
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..
Montero
::
Montero
(n.) An
ancient
kind of cap worn by
horsemen
or
huntsmen.
Muscovite
::
Muscovite
(n.) A
native
or
inhabitant
of
Muscovy
or
ancient
Russia;
hence,
a
Russian..
Sinopite
::
Sinopite
(n.) A
brickred
ferruginous
clay used by the
ancients
for red
paint.
Ancient
::
Ancient
(a.) Old; that has been of long
duration;
of long
standing;
of great age; as, an
ancient
forest;
an
ancient
castle..
Battering-ram
::
Battering-ram
(n.) An
engine
used in
ancient
times to beat down the walls of
besieged
places.
Antiquity
::
Antiquity
(n.) The
ancients;
the
people
of
ancient
times.
Accumbent
::
Accumbent
(a.)
Leaning
or
reclining,
as the
ancients
did at their
meals..
Whirlbat
::
Whirlbat
(n.)
Anything
moved with a
whirl,
as
preparatory
for a blow, or to
augment
the force of it; --
applied
by poets to the
cestus
of
ancient
boxers..
Antiquity
::
Antiquity
(n.) A relic or
monument
of
ancient
times;
as, a coin, a
statue,
etc.; an
ancient
institution.
[In this
sense,
usually
in the
plural.].
Copts
::
Copts (n. pl.) An
Egyptian
race
thought
to be
descendants
of the
ancient
Egyptians.
Anthology
::
Anthology
(n.) A
collection
of
flowers
of
literature,
that is,
beautiful
passages
from
authors;
a
collection
of poems or
epigrams;
--
particularly
applied
to a
collection
of
ancient
Greek
epigrams..
Crithomancu
::
Crithomancu
(n.) A kind of
divination
by means of the dough of the cakes
offered
in the
ancient
sacrifices,
and the meal
strewed
over the
victims..
Random Fonts
Most Popular
Privacy Policy
GDPR Policy
Terms & Conditions
Contact Us