ancientry
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Origin of ancientry
Example Sentences
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And when she reaches it her ancientry and all its tales will be dearer to her than they have been in the past.
From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Reid, Stephen
It was easy to move reverently and feel awed in the face of this venerable ancientry.
From Fated to Be Free by Ingelow, Jean
If in a country town we find an Inn called New, it is a sure sign of ancientry.
From American Sketches 1908 by Whibley, Charles
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 Baikie, James
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 Conybeare, Edward
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