˜yÐÄvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

ancientry

[ eyn-shuhn-tree ]

noun

  1. Archaic.
    1. ancient character or style.
    2. ancient times.
  2. Obsolete.
    1. ancient lineage.
    2. old people.


Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ancientry1

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

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

A gentleman of more ancientry than estate.

From

They contain not word of ancientry.

From

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

From

Grandmother Tenney's black blanket shawl was in the parlor chest of drawers, that and her hood, disfiguring ancientry of dress.

From

He had seen her, in Venice, on a great occasion, as the centre itself of the splendid Piazza: he had seen her there, on a still greater one, in his own poor rooms, which yet had consorted with her, having state and ancientry even in their poorness; but Mrs. Condrip's interior, even by this best view of it and though not flagrantly mean, showed itself as a setting almost grotesquely inapt.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement