antiquity
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- noun
- /ænˈtɪkwɪti/
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antigüedad
- Scholars study the literature from antiquity to understand the cultural values of early civilizations.
- Classical antiquity
- Late antiquity
- Roman antiquity
The people of antiquity were real human beings.
- The people of antiquity were real human beings.
- Crisipus, one of the most prolific authors in antiquity, they had his books.
- That chapter that begins the reading for today in Brown's World of Late Antiquity is entitled A World Restored.
- And towards the end of antiquity, that myth starts to crumble somewhat and they just stop bothering.
- And in Priapaean cult, Priapus is the God of the in antiquity, there's a God of a rap.
- And these are really characteristic descriptions that go back to antiquity, seeing the tunnel, the light, the life recall.
- You can go very far back with this, even into antiquity, to see what goes on the locus.
Examples
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Remember that in antiquity there were grand empires that were based on one principle and that is slavery, and Moses challenged that twice.
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His morning seminar was on the transition from late antiquity to the early medieval period.
Fiction book (1993) -
The people of antiquity were real human beings.
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Why did all the authors of antiquity understand it, everyone but him?
Fiction book (1993) -
Similar patterns are indicated by the evidence from antiquity at other sites.
Academic text (2008) -
Their vision of antiquity was complex, striated, multicultural.
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In magic traditions inherited from antiquity, words and images share an essential role, endowing objects with supernatural force.
Academic text (2008) -
We've known since antiquity that you could take gold and you could hammer it to very, very thin foil.
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Trirems featured in virtually all major naval actions of antiquity and were the true workhorse of the period.
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The pinot noir grape has been cultivated perhaps... since antiquity in Burgundy.
Synonyms
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The events and people of the very early world up to the early Middle Ages
How Long Ago
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- Archaic
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- Archaic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word antiquity comes from the Latin antiquus, which means 'old', and it points to the very old period of history, like ancient Greece and Rome.