Definition of ancient

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Ancient (n.) An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.

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Diplomatic :: Diplomatic (n.) The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography..
Ethiopic :: Ethiopic (n.) The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called Geez..
Broadax Broadaxe :: Broadax Broadaxe (n.) An ancient military weapon; a battle-ax.
Rath :: Rath (n.) A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.
New :: New (superl.) Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous..
Angel :: Angel (n.) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s..
Frankincense :: Frankincense (n.) A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified..
Eparch :: Eparch (n.) In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy..
Dogmatic :: Dogmatic (n.) One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.
Paleotechnic :: Paleotechnic (a.) Belonging to, or connected with, ancient art..
Optimates :: Optimates (n. pl.) The nobility or aristocracy of ancient Rome, as opposed to the populares..
Modern :: Modern (a.) Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice..
Hydromancy :: Hydromancy (n.) Divination by means of water, -- practiced by the ancients..
Methodist :: Methodist (n.) One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory.
Cuniform :: Cuniform (a.) Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped characters, or the inscriptions in them..
Monophysite :: Monophysite (n.) One of a sect, in the ancient church, who maintained that the human and divine in Jesus Christ constituted but one composite nature. Also used adjectively..
Celtiberian :: Celtiberian (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of the river Iberus).
Symbolics :: Symbolics (n.) The study of ancient symbol.
Deipnosophist :: Deipnosophist (n.) One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals..
Dorian :: Dorian (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion..
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