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Pactolian :: Pactolian (a.) Pertaining to the Pactolus, a river in ancient Lydia famous for its golden sands..

Codex :: Codex (n.) An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament..

Runer :: Runer (n.) A bard, or learned man, among the ancient Goths..

Ancienty :: Ancienty (n.) Seniority.

Gavelet :: Gavelet (n.) An ancient special kind of cessavit used in Kent and London for the recovery of rent.

Almagest :: Almagest (n.) The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works..

Gaulish :: Gaulish (a.) Pertaining to ancient France, or Gaul; Gallic..

Paleography :: Paleography (n.) An ancient manner of writing; ancient writings, collectively; as, Punic paleography..

Pendragon :: Pendragon (n.) A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs.

Geez :: Geez (n.) The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language or people. See Ethiopic.

Sept :: Sept (n.) A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; -- used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland..

Garum :: Garum (n.) A sauce made of small fish. It was prized by the ancients.

Euripus :: Euripus (n.) A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux..

Moile :: Moile (n.) A kind of high shoe anciently worn.

Pachacamac :: Pachacamac (n.) A divinity worshiped by the ancient Peruvians as the creator of the universe.

Element :: Element (n.) One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter..

Purfile :: Purfile (n.) A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's gowns; -- called also bobbinwork.

Pehlevi :: Pehlevi (n.) An ancient Persian dialect in which words were partly represented by their Semitic equivalents. It was in use from the 3d century (and perhaps earlier) to the middle of the 7th century, and later in religious writings..

Accubation :: Accubation (n.) The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals..

Laconian :: Laconian (a.) Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan..

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