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Ancientry - What does it mean?

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ancientry

English

Alternative forms

* auncientry (obsolete) * antientry (obsolete)

Noun

(ancientries)
  • (archaic) The quality or fact of being ancient or very old.
  • (archaic) Old-fashioned style, elaborate ceremony.
  • * 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘His Chance in Life’, Plain Tales from the Hills , Folio 2005, p. 58:
    • So he and Miss Vezzis were married with great state and ancientry ; and now there are several little D'Cruzes sprawling about the verandahs of the Central Telegraph Office.
  • (archaic) The olden days; antiquity.

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