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Definition of Antiquarianism
1. n. Character of an antiquary; study or love of antiquities.
Definition of Antiquarianism
1. Noun. Study or love of antiques; this sense is never pluralized ¹
2. Noun. Study or love of antiquity; this sense is never pluralized ¹
3. Noun. archaism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antiquarianism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiquarianism
Literary usage of Antiquarianism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Village-communities in the East and West: Six Lectures Delivered at Oxford by Henry Sumner Maine (1871)
"... Families—Elements of Feudal System—Systematic Feudalism—antiquarianism of
Indian Politics— Political Results of Settlements—Various Forms of Settlement— ..."
2. Buckle and His Critics: A Study in Sociology by John Mackinnon Robertson (1895)
"antiquarianism and Clericalism. AFTER philosophic criticisms have been met, there
remains to be disposed-of the kind of every-day philosophy with which ..."
3. Italy and the Italian Islands: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by William Spalding (1841)
"Its antiquarianism, Topography, and Poetry. FOURTH AGE A. u. 767—933, or AD
14—180) : Literature from Augustus to the Times of the Antonines: The Character ..."
4. Greek Folk-songs from the Turkish Provinces of Greece, Hē Doulē Hellas by Lucy Mary Jane Garnett, John S. Stuart-Glennie (1885)
"The results, however, obtained by that earlier antiquarianism had an immense
effect on the writing, or rather, in most cases, the rewriting of National ..."
5. Pages from a Private Diary by Henry Charles Beeching (1899)
"... without asking too many questions, as though it were a matter of eternal
spiritual import to all present, instead of a mere piece of antiquarianism. ..."
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