Synonyms:
antiquity
Meaning: the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
Usage examples
"That was the common paper of antiquity."
His worship was certainly of great antiquity.
It is of undoubted native origin and venerable antiquity.
Can we suppose that he is ignorant of antiquity, and therefore has recourse to invention?
Within these holy precincts the literary treasures of antiquity were preserved and multiplied.
Clerval did not like it so well as Oxford, for the antiquity of the latter city was more pleasing to him.
Sun worship was of great antiquity in Babylonia, but appears to have been seasonal in its earliest phases.
We need not refer to remote antiquity: there we could appeal to the voice of tradition, but not to the experience of our audience.
The trail became more difficult but was well marked and showed indications of great antiquity, and, in places, the handiwork of man.
So far as could be seen in the dark it consisted of a row of houses of considerable dimensions,--and also of considerable antiquity.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Jesus, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Catholic Church, License CC BY-SA 4.0