ancientry
[eyn-shuh n-tree]
- Archaic.
- ancient character or style.
- ancient times.
- Obsolete.
- ancient lineage.
- old people.
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Origin of ancientry
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Ancientry preserves its unbroken descent outside the church.
The Spell of ScotlandKeith Clark
And when she reaches it her ancientry and all its tales will be dearer to her than they have been in the past.
This mingling of the beauty of youth and the honour of ancientry runs through all the Irish tales.
What law embalmed in ancientry and honored as of divine origin has been more fruitful of sacrifice and suffering?
And there is always intruding into the commonplace of the twentieth century some touch of ancientry, some hint of romance.
EnglandFrank Fox