Adjective

(head)

(antient)

Adjective

(en-adj)

* 1673 , :

I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs

By the known rules of antient libertie,

When strait a barbarous noise environs me

Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs

* {{quote-book

, author = Dawes, Manasseh & Jones, Sir William , title = , year = 1785 , page = 10 , passage = The trial by jury, your Lordship knows, is so antient a privilege belonging to mankind, that its origin cannot properly be traced. }}

*{{quote-journal

, year = 1906 , journal = The Athenaeum , url = http://books.google.ie/books?ei=2jnRUc-AIeGK7Ab5zoGYCw&id=RCM5AQAAIAAJ&dq=Antient+Concert+Rooms&q=%22Antient+Concert+Rooms%22 , page = 745 , passage = The choral and orchestral concerts at the Antient Concert Rooms were of more than usual interest. }}