Definition of Ancient

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Ancient

Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days.

Old; that has been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as, an ancient forest; an ancient castle.

Known for a long time, or from early times; -- opposed to recent or new; as, the ancient continent.

Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable.

Experienced; versed.

Former; sometime.

Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns.

An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.

A senior; an elder; a predecessor.

One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.

An ensign or flag.

The bearer of a flag; an ensign.

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Ancient Quotations

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
Will Rogers

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.
Stephen Leacock

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.
Voltaire

Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.
Voltaire

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.
Voltaire

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.
Niccolo Machiavelli

Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods.
Norman Borlaug

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
Vladimir Lenin

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
Ambrose Bierce

Ancient Translations

ancient in Dutch is antiek, aloud, ouderwets
ancient in French is antique
ancient in German is ehemalig, alt, ehemalig, alt
ancient in Italian is antico, vecchissimo
ancient in Latin is priscus, antiquus, pristinus
ancient in Norwegian is gammel
ancient in Portuguese is antigo
ancient in Spanish is antiguo, vetusto

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