2. Adjective. (obsolete spelling of ancient) ¹
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Definition of Antient
1. an old man [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antient
Literary usage of Antient
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"Mytilene, the antient capital of the ifland, ... one fees in all parts of it many
fine pieces of grey marble, which are remains of the antient buildings, ..."
2. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, James Hammond Trumbull, Connecticut Council of Safety, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1885)
"Said committee further offer as their opinion, that a line drawn from said antient
Pewter-Pot Brook's mouth running south 19 degrees east to the north end ..."
3. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1823)
"... —Marble Soros—Singular antient Sepulchre—Pharos of ... involving the antient
Topography of the Crimea—Departure from ..."
4. The History of the Life of King Henry the Second: And the Age in which He by George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1787)
"... a traditional ordeal derived from our Celtic forefathers ! P. 281. This alfo
was a part of the antient ..."
5. The History of English Poetry: From the Close of the Eleventh Century to the by Thomas Warton (1840)
"In the mean time, the pictures of antient manners presented by these early writers,
... antient Political Ballads. Robert of Brunne. The Brut of England. ..."
6. Of the Origin and Progress of Language by James Burnett Monboddo (1786)
"... the antient learning, in this and the preceding volumes of this work, it may
not be improper before I conclude this volume, to give fome general account ..."
7. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"But he had likewise the advantage ofthat very antient manuscript of the Gospels
and the ... He had also a very antient manuscript of St. Paul's Epistles, ..."
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