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Definition of ancient
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Ancient
(n.) The
bearer
of a flag; an
ensign.
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Uncial
::
Uncial
(a.) Of,
pertaining
to, or
designating,
a
certain
style of
letters
used in
ancient
manuscripts,
esp. in Greek and Latin
manuscripts.
The
letters
are
somewhat
rounded,
and the
upstrokes
and
downstrokes
usually
have a
slight
inclination.
These
letters
were used as early as the 1st
century
b. c., and were
seldom
used after the 10th
century
a. d., being
superseded
by the
cursive
style..
Poleaxe
::
Poleaxe
(n.)
Anciently,
a kind of
battle-ax
with a long
handle;
later,
an ax or
hatchet
with a short
handle,
and a head
variously
patterned;
-- used by
soldiers,
and also by
sailors
in
boarding
a
vessel..
Dannebrog
::
Dannebrog
(n.) The
ancient
battle
standard
of
Denmark,
bearing
figures
of cross and
crown..
Scorpion
::
Scorpion
(n.) An
ancient
military
engine
for
hurling
stones
and other
missiles.
Frankpledge
::
Frankpledge
(n.) A
pledge
or
surety
for the good
behavior
of
freemen,
-- each
freeman
who was a
member
of an
ancient
decennary,
tithing,
or
friborg,
in
England,
being a
pledge
for the good
conduct
of the
others,
for the
preservation
of the
public
peace;
a free
surety..
Rhetian
::
Rhetian
(a.)
Pertaining
to the
ancient
Rhaeti,
or
Rhaetians,
or to
Rhaetia,
their
country;
as, the
Rhetian
Alps, now the
country
of Tyrol and the
Grisons..
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..
Libyan
::
Libyan
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Libya,
the
ancient
name of that part of
Africa
between
Egypt and the
Atlantic
Ocean,
or of
Africa
as a
whole..
Chant
::
Chant (v. t.) A short and
simple
melody,
divided
into two parts by
double
bars, to which
unmetrical
psalms,
etc., are sung or
recited.
It is the most
ancient
form of
choral
music..
Tegulated
::
Tegulated
(a.)
Composed
of small
plates,
as of horn or
metal,
overlapping
like
tiles;
-- said of a kind of
ancient
armor..
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..
Arriere-ban
::
Arriere-ban
(n.) A
proclamation,
as of the
French
kings,
calling
not only their
immediate
feudatories,
but the
vassals
of these
feudatories,
to take the field for war; also, the body of
vassals
called
or
liable
to be
called
to arms, as in
ancient
France..
Tersanctus
::
Tersanctus
(n.) An
ancient
ascription
of
praise
(containing
the word Holy -- in its Latin form,
Sanctus
--
thrice
repeated),
used in the Mass of the Roman
Catholic
Church
and
before
the
prayer
of
consecration
in the
communion
service
of the
Church
of
England
and the
Protestant
Episcopal
Church.
Cf.
Trisagion..
Father
::
Father
(n.) A
senator
of
ancient
Rome.
Laticlave
::
Laticlave
(n.) A broad
stripe
of
purple
on the fore part of the
tunic,
worn by
senators
in
ancient
Rome as an
emblem
of
office..
Ichneumon
::
Ichneumon
(n.) Any
carnivorous
mammal
of the genus
Herpestes,
and
family
Viverridae.
Numerous
species
are found in Asia and
Africa.
The
Egyptian
species(H.
ichneumon),
which
ranges
to Spain and
Palestine,
is noted for
destroying
the eggs and young of the
crocodile
as well as
various
snakes
and
lizards,
and hence was
considered
sacred
by the
ancient
Egyptians.
The
common
species
of India (H.
griseus),
known as the
mongoose,
has
similar
habits
and is often
domesticated.
It is noted for
killing
the
Garum
::
Garum (n.) A sauce made of small fish. It was
prized
by the
ancients.
Pelasgic
::
Pelasgic
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
Pelasgians,
an
ancient
people
of
Greece,
of
roving
habits..
Geez
::
Geez (n.) The
original
native
name for the
ancient
Ethiopic
language
or
people.
See
Ethiopic.
Caledonia
::
Caledonia
(n.) The
ancient
Latin name of
Scotland;
-- still used in
poetry.
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