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Definition of Ancientness
1. Noun. Extreme oldness.
Definition of Ancientness
1. n. The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.
Definition of Ancientness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being ancient. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ancientness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ancientness
Literary usage of Ancientness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Jean Calvin, Calvin translation society (1847)
"strongholds of cities, nor in ancientness; for when men excel in power, ...
The same thing must also be said of ancientness: for they who boast of their ..."
2. The Baronage and the Senate: Or, The House of Lords in the Past, the Present by William Charteris Macpherson (1893)
"... and such ancientness of date is extremely rare in England, where the aristocracy
as a rule is as modern as the railway stations which they attach to ..."
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