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Definition of ancient
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Ancient
(n.) A
senior;
an
elder;
a
predecessor.
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Quipu
::
Quipu (n.) A
contrivance
employed
by the
ancient
Peruvians,
Mexicans,
etc., as a
substitute
for
writing
and
figures,
consisting
of a main cord, from which hung at
certain
distances
smaller
cords of
various
colors,
each
having
a
special
meaning,
as
silver,
gold, corn,
soldiers.
etc.
Single,
double,
and
triple
knots were tied in the
smaller
cords,
representing
definite
numbers.
It was
chiefly
used for
arithmetical
purposes,
and to
register
important
facts and
events..
Tarquinish
::
Tarquinish
(a.) Like a
Tarquin,
a king of
ancient
Rome;
proud;
haughty;
overbearing..
Silurian
::
Silurian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
country
of the
ancient
Silures;
-- a term
applied
to the
earliest
of the
Paleozoic
eras, and also to the
strata
of the era,
because
most
plainly
developed
in that
country..
Quadragene
::
Quadragene
(n.) An
indulgence
of forty days,
corresponding
to the forty days of
ancient
canonical
penance..
Acephali
::
Acephali
(n. pl.) A
fabulous
people
reported
by
ancient
writers
to have
heads.
Liad
::
liad (n.) A
celebrated
Greek epic poem, in
twenty-four
books,
on the
destruction
of
Ilium,
the
ancient
Troy. The Iliad is
ascribed
to
Homer..
Lusitanian
::
Lusitanian
(a.)
Pertaining
to
Lusitania,
the
ancient
name of the
region
almost
coinciding
with
Portugal..
Geez
::
Geez (n.) The
original
native
name for the
ancient
Ethiopic
language
or
people.
See
Ethiopic.
Athlete
::
Athlete
(n.) One who
contended
for a prize in the
public
games of
ancient
Greece
or Rome.
Optimates
::
Optimates
(n. pl.) The
nobility
or
aristocracy
of
ancient
Rome, as
opposed
to the
populares..
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..
Sextary
::
Sextary
(n.) An
ancient
Roman
liquid
and dry
measure,
about equal to an
English
pint..
Latian
::
Latian
(a.)
Belonging,
or
relating,
to
Latium,
a
country
of
ancient
Italy.
See
Latin..
Ancient
::
Ancient
(n.) Those who lived in
former
ages, as
opposed
to the
moderns..
Laconian
::
Laconian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Laconia,
a
division
of
ancient
Greece;
Spartan..
Torchwort
::
Torchwort
(n.) The
common
mullein,
the
stalks
of
which,
dipped
in suet,
anciently
served
for
torches.
Called
also
torch,
and
hig-taper..
Chelidonius
::
Chelidonius
(n.) A small stone taken from the
gizzard
of a young
swallow.
--
anciently
worn as a
medicinal
charm.
Pretor
::
Pretor
(n.) A civil
officer
or
magistrate
among the
ancient
Romans.
Necropolis
::
Necropolis
(n.) A city of the dead; a name given by the
ancients
to their
cemeteries,
and
sometimes
applied
to
modern
burial
places;
a
graveyard..
Ancient
::
Ancient
(a.) Old; that has been of long
duration;
of long
standing;
of great age; as, an
ancient
forest;
an
ancient
castle..
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