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noun, plural -ties.
1.
the quality of being ancient; ancientness: a bowl of great antiquity.
2.
ancient times; former ages: the splendor of antiquity.
3.
the period of history before the Middle Ages.
4.
the peoples, nations, tribes, or cultures of ancient times.
5.
Usually, antiquities. something belonging to or remaining from ancient times, as monuments, relics, or customs.
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antiquity
late 14c., "olden times," from O.Fr. antiquitet (11c.; Mod.Fr. antiquité), from L. antiquitatem (nom. antiquitas) "ancient times, antiquity," noun of quality from antiquus (see antique). Specific reference to ancient Greece and Rome is from mid-15c.; meaning "quality
EXPANDof being old" is from about the same time. Antiquities "relics of ancient days" is from 1510s.
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