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ANCIENT

\ˈe͡ɪnʃənt], \ˈe‍ɪnʃənt], \ˈeɪ_n_ʃ_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of ANCIENT

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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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.
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.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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.
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.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Of or relating to of past times or remote ages; of great age or antiquity.
One who lived in times long ago.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Old: belonging to former times.
ANCIENTLY.
(obs.) A flag or its bearer: an ensign.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

ANCIENTLY.
Belonging to remote antiquity; of great age; very old.
One who lived in ancient times.
A flag or a standard-bearer.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Of former times; old.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Old; that happened or existed in former times, or antiquity; past; former.
Those who lived chiefly in Greek and Roman antiquity, opposed to moderns; elders of a people; senior barristers.
An ensign, both as flag and as flag-bearer.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Old; what is long past; belonging to former times.
The flag or streamer of a ship.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Old, not modern; old, that has been of long duration; past, former.
The bearer of a flag, now ensign.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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