ancientry

American  

[ayn-shuhn-tree] / ˈeɪn ʃən tri /

noun

1. Archaic.

   1. ancient character or style.

   2. ancient times.

2. Obsolete.

   1. ancient lineage.

   2. old people.

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Etymology

Origin of ancientry

First recorded in 1540–50; ancient ¹ + -ry

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Example Sentences

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ancientry

All looks ancientry itself; but, in fact, this cutting off of the Dyke is quite a modern affair, not yet even two centuries old.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare

It was a new world, new because of its very ancientry, that had begun to rise out of the buried past at the summons of the patient explorer.

From The Sea-Kings of Crete by James Baikie

And there is always intruding into the commonplace of the twentieth century some touch of ancientry, some hint of romance.

From England by Sir Frank Fox

If in a country town we find an Inn called New, it is a sure sign of ancientry.

From American Sketches 1908 by Charles Whibley

I must tell you of a curious little bit of ancientry which I saw at Heaton, which greatly delighted me—a "rush-bearing."

From Records of a Girlhood by Fanny Kemble

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