antiquityn.

Brit.

/anˈtɪkwᵻti/, U.S.

/ænˈtɪkwᵻdi/

Forms: Middle English–1500s antiquyte, Middle English–1500s antiquytee, Middle English–1500s antyquite, Middle English–1500s antyquyte, Middle English–1600s antiquite, 1500s antiquitee, 1500s antiquytie, 1500s antiquytye, 1500s antyquytee, 1500s–1600s antiquitie, 1500s–1600s antiquitye, 1500s– antiquity, 1600s antickities (plural), 1600s antycketye; Scottish pre-1700 antequite, pre-1700 antiquatie, pre-1700 antiquite, pre-1700 antiquitie, pre-1700 antiquyte, pre-1700 antyqwyte, pre-1700 1700s– antiquity. N.E.D. (1885) also records forms late Middle English antiquitye, late Middle English antyquytye.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French antiquité; Latin antīquitāt-, antīquitās.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman antequyté, Anglo-Norman and Middle French antiquité (French antiquité ) great age (in terms of human history) (c1100 in Old French as antiquitet ), ancient times (1100 as antiquitas ), people who lived in ancient times collectively (c1155; rare before second half of the 14th cent.), old age, elderliness (second quarter of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman; second half of the 14th cent. in continental French), relative age, seniority (beginning of the 15th cent.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin antīquitāt-, antīquitās fact or quality of being old, oldness, ancient times, past history, style or character of ancient times, people of old, former generations, ancient writers, (plural) ancient objects, practices, observances, writings on the past, in post-classical Latin also old age (5th cent.), the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans (8th cent. in a British source) < antīquus antique adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). With senses 2b and 1b compare antique n.Compare Old Occitan antiquitat (early 14th cent.), Catalan antiguitat (a1315), Spanish antigüedad , Portuguese antiguidade , Italian antichità (all 13th cent.). The Latin noun was also borrowed into other Germanic languages, in some cases via French; compare e.g. Dutch antiquiteit (1561), German Antiquität (early 16th cent. as antiquitet ), Swedish antikvitet (1604 as †antiquitet ), all of which are now chiefly used in sense 2b. The specific senses ‘the time during which the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations flourished’ and ‘an object, building, or work of art from the ancient past’ are not paralleled in French (1580 and 1680, respectively) until later than their first occurrence in English.

I. The ancient past; ancient people or things.

a. The distant or ancient past; ancient times; esp. the period before the Middle Ages; the time during which the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations flourished (also more fully classical antiquity). Also personified.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > time long past or long ago

fern-daysOE

yesterdayOE

antiquityc1375

ancienty1489

eldc1540

father-age1633

auld lang syne1666

(the) year one1754

ancientry1755

aforetime1803

good (also bad) old days1828

long-ago1831

eld-time1845

the year dot1857

old times1898

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > of Greek antiquity or mythology

antiquityc1375

golden age?a1439

silver age1565

heroic age1654

heroic times1654

brazen age1841

mundane era1892

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > other historical periods

antiquityc1375

Christian antiquity1577

the days of ignorance1652

the time of ignorance1652

dark ages1656

Lower Empire1668

the age of reason1792

Scythism1793

grand siècle1811

the Age of Enlightenment1825

the Hundred Days1827

Tom and Jerry days1840

regency1841

industrial age1843

Régence1845

viking age1847

ignorance1867

renascence1868

Renaissance1872

gilded age1874

jazz era1919

jazz age1920

post-war1934

steam age1941

postcolonialism1955

information age1960

c1375 (?c1280) Birth Jesus (Egerton) l. 729 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 96 (MED) Þus it was bi fore þorw þe prophetes iwrite as in antiquite.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1316 An old for-sake ȝeate of þe olde antiquytee.

c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) l. 466 (MED) Oblyvyous antiquyte Hir odyr dedys, saue thies that wryten be, Hath worn awey without memoryall.

c1485 ( J. Lydgate Serpent of Division (BL Add.) (1911) 49 (MED) When tholde noble famovs Citie of Rome was..flowring in his glory, liche as it is remembered in bookis of olde antiquyte.

1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) xxx. sig. H.ii^v Alas in olde antyquyte the holy bysshoppes that wolde not take the charge were not suche.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 368 Historie is the reporter of antiquitie, or of things done in olde time.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 473 The errours and Mistakes of dark Antiquity.

1727 W. Warburton Crit. & Philos. Enq. Causes Prodigies & Miracles ii. 129 Elegant and numerous Translations of the best Part of Classical Antiquity.

1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed v. 77 This Custom..is as ancient as Christianity, as appears from the most certain Monuments of Antiquity.

1794 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit.: Pt. I 19 The stews and bordellos of Grecian and Roman antiquity.

1850 J. H. Newman Lect. Diffic. Anglicans ii. 34 He would..have given up the Establishment, rather than have rejected antiquity.

1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) ii. 119 To what an antiquity does this carry us back! Ruins before the days of those who preceded the Philistines!

1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan xviii. 348 The myth of the separation of Heaven and Earth dates back to remote antiquity in Egypt.

1961 S. S. Prawer Heine iii. viii. 271 The rediscovery and translation of the literature of classical antiquity.

1996 Common Ground (San Anselmo, Calif.) Summer 120/2 (advt.) A powerful form of kundalini yoga which, while rooted in antiquity, is remarkably suited to modern living.

b. With singular agreement. People who lived in ancient times collectively; spec. the ancient Greek and Latin writers whose works collectively form the canon of classical language, literature, and philosophy. Cf. ancient n.¹ 2, antique n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > time long past or long ago > one who lived in ancient times > the ancients

antiquity1534

ancienty1556

1534 tr. Lyndewode's Constit. Prouincialles iii. f. 71^v Wherfore honorable antiquyte doth informe vs that if excommunicate persons [etc.].

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 152 This manner of marching..we reade antiquitie to have vsed.

1641 J. Milton Of Prelatical Episc. 2 That indigested heap, and frie of Authors, which they call Antiquity.

1799 N. Webster Brief Hist. Epidemic & Pestilential Dis. I. ii. 28 We shall have some grounds to determin [sic] which is most correct, this opinion of antiquity, or that of the moderns who hold it in contempt.

1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. i. 3 We think we have excelled all antiquity. We have excelled a later antiquity, but not the earliest and first.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 195 Antiquity mentions that Stagyrite schoolurchin and bald heathen sage.

1999 W. J. Tatum Patrician Tribune iv. 97 The nearly unanimous opinion of antiquity was that Clodius sought the tribunate in order to revenge himself on Cicero.

a. A custom, practice, or precedent recorded in or preserved from an earlier time or era; a piece of recorded history, esp. from ancient times or the distant past; now usually in plural. Formerly also: †such records or writings collectively (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > matters, customs, or events of earlier times

antiquityc1487

antiquary1592

res gestae1936

society > communication > record > [noun] > a record > set or collection of

record1399

antiquityc1487

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 226 Many other thynges of auncient remembraunce be recompted of theire antiquyties.

a1525 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Adv. 19.2.4) i. l. 6 Of sic antiquiteis..Geistis and storeis for to wryte.

1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. Aij^v Paulus Diaconus..sheweth an antiquitie right worthy to remember.

1601 I. T. in tr. H. Blum Bk. Five Collumnes Archit. (title page) Gathered with great dilligence..out of Antiquityes.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. ii. iii. f. 69 Which Antiquitie I cite for that it concurreth with the act of Parliament.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Of Pythagorean Philos. in Fables 504 Then thus a Senior of the Place replies, (Well read, and curious of Antiquities).

1754 W. Borlase (title) Observations on the antiquities of the county of Cornwall.

1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. i. 107 Whiston..was certainly well read in Christian antiquity.

1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. ii. 78 The subject belongs entirely to the antiquities of our law.

1997 R. Bendix In Search of Authenticity ii. 48 The fragments of legal antiquities so dear to Jacob Grimm.

b. An object, building, or work of art from the ancient past; an ancient artefact, monument, etc. (now chiefly in plural). Formerly also: †objects of this kind collectively (obsolete). Cf. antique n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > object from the past or antique > antiquities

antiquity1605

ancientry1866

antique1908

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Cc2^v Antiquities are Historie defaced, or some remnants of History, which haue casually escaped the shipwrack of time.

1641 W. S. in More's Hist. Edward V (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. A2 The great care..that hath alwaies been observed..for the preservation of antiquities.

1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle iii. 26 Rust adds to an Antiquity, 'tis our Friend.

1728 W. Stukeley in Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 430 At Paunton..I have heard of much Antiquity being found.

1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 133 The Pont du Gard, a sublime antiquity, and well preserved.

1869 G. Rawlinson Man. Anc. Hist. 2 Antiquities, or the actual extant remains of ancient times.

1888 J. E. Price (title) Contents of the private Museum of Anglo-Roman Antiquities collected by Mr. George Joslin at Colchester.

1923 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 17 170 Any person who maliciously or negligently destroys or damages an antiquity shall be liable to a penalty.

1972 Times 17 Oct. 12/1 (advt.) Classical antiquities, including an interesting group of Greek ‘plastic’ vases.

2015 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 25 Aug. a7/5 Mr. Azm has worked with a group of Syrians.., documenting destruction and looting and taking measures to protect antiquities.

†3. Usually humorous. A very old person. Also as a form of address. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1633 J. Ford Broken Heart iv. i. sig. H2 Wisdome (looke'ee) Begins to raue:—art thou mad too, antiquity?

a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub i. ii, in Wks. (1640) III You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench !

1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion vii. 3 When he was in the most serious humor, he would send for the Antiquity of his tenants.

II. The fact or quality of being ancient, and related senses.

a. The fact of having originated in, or been in existence since, the ancient past; great age, ancientness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun]

oldnessOE

antiquity?c1450

agednessa1475

ancienty1524

continuance1528

ancientness1537

anciency1549

hoariness1580

primitiveness1644

antiquary1655

vetustness1727

primitivity1759

vetusty1870

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 8303 Of þe saynt lyfe he sperde,..And of þe kirke antiquite, And how begane þe bischope se.

1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere vii. p. ccclxviii Then be you Iewes of more antyquyte then they.

1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. D2 To preach and shew the antientie and antiquity of his house.

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 94 Whatsoever some of their posteritie doe overweene of the antiquitie of their names.

1704 T. Brown Cal. Reform'd in Duke of Buckingham et al. Misc. Wks. 219 A rusty Spear, and a Cloak of singular Antiquity.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 192. ⁋2 Every Man boasted the antiquity of his family.

1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) II. iii. vi. 153 The geological antiquity of man.

1931 Geogr. Jrnl. 77 509 These older deposits had been covered by lavas which I thought of considerable antiquity and which must pre-date the arrival of man.

1997 T. Mackintosh-Smith Yemen (1999) vii. 189 This was Hisn al-Urr, a castle of great antiquity.

2014 H. MacDonald H is for Hawk xv. 144 For years I'd bought bells from Pakistan, hand-hammered from brass to a design of immense antiquity.

b. The quality of being ancient in character or style, or reminiscent of an earlier time or era.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > ancient character or style

antiqueness1655

antiquity1768

archaicism1864

1768 J. Witherspoon Pract. Disc. Leading Truths Gospel Advt. The same truths..which, through the antiquity of style and manner, seem to be falling into forgetfulness.

1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal ix. 164 There is much novelty without hope, much antiquity without sacredness.

1906 A. L. Salmon Literary Rambles in West of Eng. 314 It seems laboured, and the false antiquity is very wearisome.

2000 D. R. Woolf Reading Hist. in Early Mod. Eng. i. 71 The choice of lettering style suggests a conscious attempt to give the new copy the air of antiquity.

5. With reference to a person: the fact of being old or of advancing years; old age; (also) seniority. Also more generally: relative age or seniority.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [noun]

eld971

old agec1330

agec1380

last agea1382

oldc1385

aldereldea1400

winterc1425

vilessec1430

annosityc1450

senectute1481

the black ox1546

golden years1559

years1561

great1587

afterlife1589

setting sun1597

antiquity1600

chair-daysa1616

the vale of yearsa1616

grandevity1623

green old age1634

eldship1647

senioritya1688

the other side of the hill1691

the decline of life1711

senectude1756

senility1791

senectitude1796

post-climacteric1826

Anno Domini1885

senium1911

golden age1946

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. ii. 185 Is not your voice broken..and euery part about you blasted with antiquitie .

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. i. i. 7 Who for their authoritie should be called Fathers, and for their antiquitie, Senators, or Aldermen.

1677 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery 30 Three..to be placed in such Order as the said Prelates..think fit, without regard to dignity, antiquity, or any other form.

1776 Miss Edwards Miscellanies 66 I saw an old man leaning on a staff, whose gray locks and bald head bespoke his antiquity.

1802 in Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (U.S. Office Naval Records) (1940) II. 30 He may appoint his second in command, or any other officer he thinks proper for the function, without attending to his antiquity.

1855 A. Marmion Anc. & Mod. Hist. Maritime Ports Ireland 154 The chief made a new partition of all the lands, and gave every one his share according to his antiquity.

1907 G. Ade Slim Princess (1911) xiv. 192 Occasionally some woman who knows how to use the stiletto in a friendly fashion will go after Mattie and try to show up her antiquity.

2010 Independent (Nexis) 5 Feb. 40 His recent activities were increasingly limited by failing sight and the onset of fading memory. He bore these and other irritations of venerable antiquity with dignified realism.

Compounds

Chiefly in sense 2b.

a. General use as a modifier (in singular and plural), as in antiquity piece, antiquity register, antiquity thief, antiquities collection, etc.

ΚΠ

1711 London Gaz. No. 4855/4 A small Gold Ring, with an Antiquity Piece hanging to it.

1899 J. P. Peters Nippur I. x. 221 These men were all, or almost all, notorious antiquity thieves.

1970 D. J. Hamblin Pots & Robbers vii. 117 (caption) The Ephebus of Selinunte, central figure in the most famous antiquity theft in postwar Italy.

1991 Jrnl. Hist. Collections 3 190/2 Jenkins..had just achieved the great coup of purchasing en bloc the entire antiquities collection of the Villa Montalto-Negroni.

2007 New Yorker 17 Dec. 62/3 A sprawling carabinieri investigation of American museums and the illegal antiquities market.

2010 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 11 Dec. 64/2 The antiquity register describes the object as ‘sculpture fragment (defaced)’.

b. With participles and agent nouns, forming compounds in which antiquity expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in antiquity-collecting, antiquity dealer, antiquity hunter, antiquity-hunting, etc.

ΚΠ

1738 J. Breval Remarks Several Parts Europe: Tours since 1723 I. 20 The Roman Virtuosi themselves have their Cercatori or Antiquity-Hunters.

1841 G. R. Gliddon Mem. Cotton of Egypt 62 European antiquity-collectors or their agents throughout Egypt.

1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 119 The bishop of Ossory, who was antiquity-hunting in Sutherland.

1988 P. J. O'Rourke Holidays in Hell 26 Antiquity hunters have been at work in Tyre. All the Roman tombs are broken open.

1994 A. V. Ettin Speaking Silences viii. 150 All beloved of the antiquity-collecting Renaissance patrons and scholars.

1997 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 10 Mar. 3 (caption) This..Egyptian funeral figure..was discovered in a box at Sydney's Nicholson Museum by a leading antiquity dealer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	antiquity
释义	antiquityn. Brit. /anˈtɪkwᵻti/, U.S. /ænˈtɪkwᵻdi/ Forms: Middle English–1500s antiquyte, Middle English–1500s antiquytee, Middle English–1500s antyquite, Middle English–1500s antyquyte, Middle English–1600s antiquite, 1500s antiquitee, 1500s antiquytie, 1500s antiquytye, 1500s antyquytee, 1500s–1600s antiquitie, 1500s–1600s antiquitye, 1500s– antiquity, 1600s antickities (plural), 1600s antycketye; Scottish pre-1700 antequite, pre-1700 antiquatie, pre-1700 antiquite, pre-1700 antiquitie, pre-1700 antiquyte, pre-1700 antyqwyte, pre-1700 1700s– antiquity. N.E.D. (1885) also records forms late Middle English antiquitye, late Middle English antyquytye. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French antiquité; Latin antīquitāt-, antīquitās. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman antequyté, Anglo-Norman and Middle French antiquité (French antiquité ) great age (in terms of human history) (c1100 in Old French as antiquitet ), ancient times (1100 as antiquitas ), people who lived in ancient times collectively (c1155; rare before second half of the 14th cent.), old age, elderliness (second quarter of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman; second half of the 14th cent. in continental French), relative age, seniority (beginning of the 15th cent.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin antīquitāt-, antīquitās fact or quality of being old, oldness, ancient times, past history, style or character of ancient times, people of old, former generations, ancient writers, (plural) ancient objects, practices, observances, writings on the past, in post-classical Latin also old age (5th cent.), the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans (8th cent. in a British source) < antīquus antique adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). With senses 2b and 1b compare antique n.Compare Old Occitan antiquitat (early 14th cent.), Catalan antiguitat (a1315), Spanish antigüedad , Portuguese antiguidade , Italian antichità (all 13th cent.). The Latin noun was also borrowed into other Germanic languages, in some cases via French; compare e.g. Dutch antiquiteit (1561), German Antiquität (early 16th cent. as antiquitet ), Swedish antikvitet (1604 as †antiquitet ), all of which are now chiefly used in sense 2b. The specific senses ‘the time during which the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations flourished’ and ‘an object, building, or work of art from the ancient past’ are not paralleled in French (1580 and 1680, respectively) until later than their first occurrence in English. I. The ancient past; ancient people or things. 1. a. The distant or ancient past; ancient times; esp. the period before the Middle Ages; the time during which the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations flourished (also more fully classical antiquity). Also personified. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > time long past or long ago fern-daysOE yesterdayOE antiquityc1375 ancienty1489 eldc1540 father-age1633 auld lang syne1666 (the) year one1754 ancientry1755 aforetime1803 good (also bad) old days1828 long-ago1831 eld-time1845 the year dot1857 old times1898 the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > of Greek antiquity or mythology antiquityc1375 golden age?a1439 silver age1565 heroic age1654 heroic times1654 brazen age1841 mundane era1892 the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > other historical periods antiquityc1375 Christian antiquity1577 the days of ignorance1652 the time of ignorance1652 dark ages1656 Lower Empire1668 the age of reason1792 Scythism1793 grand siècle1811 the Age of Enlightenment1825 the Hundred Days1827 Tom and Jerry days1840 regency1841 industrial age1843 Régence1845 viking age1847 ignorance1867 renascence1868 Renaissance1872 gilded age1874 jazz era1919 jazz age1920 post-war1934 steam age1941 postcolonialism1955 information age1960 c1375 (?c1280) Birth Jesus (Egerton) l. 729 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 96 (MED) Þus it was bi fore þorw þe prophetes iwrite as in antiquite. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1316 An old for-sake ȝeate of þe olde antiquytee. c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) l. 466 (MED) Oblyvyous antiquyte Hir odyr dedys, saue thies that wryten be, Hath worn awey without memoryall. c1485 ( J. Lydgate Serpent of Division (BL Add.) (1911) 49 (MED) When tholde noble famovs Citie of Rome was..flowring in his glory, liche as it is remembered in bookis of olde antiquyte. 1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) xxx. sig. H.ii^v Alas in olde antyquyte the holy bysshoppes that wolde not take the charge were not suche. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 368 Historie is the reporter of antiquitie, or of things done in olde time. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 473 The errours and Mistakes of dark Antiquity. 1727 W. Warburton Crit. & Philos. Enq. Causes Prodigies & Miracles ii. 129 Elegant and numerous Translations of the best Part of Classical Antiquity. 1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed v. 77 This Custom..is as ancient as Christianity, as appears from the most certain Monuments of Antiquity. 1794 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit.: Pt. I 19 The stews and bordellos of Grecian and Roman antiquity. 1850 J. H. Newman Lect. Diffic. Anglicans ii. 34 He would..have given up the Establishment, rather than have rejected antiquity. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) ii. 119 To what an antiquity does this carry us back! Ruins before the days of those who preceded the Philistines! 1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan xviii. 348 The myth of the separation of Heaven and Earth dates back to remote antiquity in Egypt. 1961 S. S. Prawer Heine iii. viii. 271 The rediscovery and translation of the literature of classical antiquity. 1996 Common Ground (San Anselmo, Calif.) Summer 120/2 (advt.) A powerful form of kundalini yoga which, while rooted in antiquity, is remarkably suited to modern living. b. With singular agreement. People who lived in ancient times collectively; spec. the ancient Greek and Latin writers whose works collectively form the canon of classical language, literature, and philosophy. Cf. ancient n.¹ 2, antique n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > time long past or long ago > one who lived in ancient times > the ancients antiquity1534 ancienty1556 1534 tr. Lyndewode's Constit. Prouincialles iii. f. 71^v Wherfore honorable antiquyte doth informe vs that if excommunicate persons [etc.]. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 152 This manner of marching..we reade antiquitie to have vsed. 1641 J. Milton Of Prelatical Episc. 2 That indigested heap, and frie of Authors, which they call Antiquity. 1799 N. Webster Brief Hist. Epidemic & Pestilential Dis. I. ii. 28 We shall have some grounds to determin [sic] which is most correct, this opinion of antiquity, or that of the moderns who hold it in contempt. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. i. 3 We think we have excelled all antiquity. We have excelled a later antiquity, but not the earliest and first. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 195 Antiquity mentions that Stagyrite schoolurchin and bald heathen sage. 1999 W. J. Tatum Patrician Tribune iv. 97 The nearly unanimous opinion of antiquity was that Clodius sought the tribunate in order to revenge himself on Cicero. 2. a. A custom, practice, or precedent recorded in or preserved from an earlier time or era; a piece of recorded history, esp. from ancient times or the distant past; now usually in plural. Formerly also: †such records or writings collectively (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > matters, customs, or events of earlier times antiquityc1487 antiquary1592 res gestae1936 society > communication > record > [noun] > a record > set or collection of record1399 antiquityc1487 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 226 Many other thynges of auncient remembraunce be recompted of theire antiquyties. a1525 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Adv. 19.2.4) i. l. 6 Of sic antiquiteis..Geistis and storeis for to wryte. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. Aij^v Paulus Diaconus..sheweth an antiquitie right worthy to remember. 1601 I. T. in tr. H. Blum Bk. Five Collumnes Archit. (title page) Gathered with great dilligence..out of Antiquityes. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. ii. iii. f. 69 Which Antiquitie I cite for that it concurreth with the act of Parliament. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Of Pythagorean Philos. in Fables 504 Then thus a Senior of the Place replies, (Well read, and curious of Antiquities). 1754 W. Borlase (title) Observations on the antiquities of the county of Cornwall. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. i. 107 Whiston..was certainly well read in Christian antiquity. 1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. ii. 78 The subject belongs entirely to the antiquities of our law. 1997 R. Bendix In Search of Authenticity ii. 48 The fragments of legal antiquities so dear to Jacob Grimm. b. An object, building, or work of art from the ancient past; an ancient artefact, monument, etc. (now chiefly in plural). Formerly also: †objects of this kind collectively (obsolete). Cf. antique n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > object from the past or antique > antiquities antiquity1605 ancientry1866 antique1908 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Cc2^v Antiquities are Historie defaced, or some remnants of History, which haue casually escaped the shipwrack of time. View more context for this quotation 1641 W. S. in More's Hist. Edward V (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. A2 The great care..that hath alwaies been observed..for the preservation of antiquities. 1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle iii. 26 Rust adds to an Antiquity, 'tis our Friend. 1728 W. Stukeley in Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 430 At Paunton..I have heard of much Antiquity being found. 1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 133 The Pont du Gard, a sublime antiquity, and well preserved. 1869 G. Rawlinson Man. Anc. Hist. 2 Antiquities, or the actual extant remains of ancient times. 1888 J. E. Price (title) Contents of the private Museum of Anglo-Roman Antiquities collected by Mr. George Joslin at Colchester. 1923 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 17 170 Any person who maliciously or negligently destroys or damages an antiquity shall be liable to a penalty. 1972 Times 17 Oct. 12/1 (advt.) Classical antiquities, including an interesting group of Greek ‘plastic’ vases. 2015 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 25 Aug. a7/5 Mr. Azm has worked with a group of Syrians.., documenting destruction and looting and taking measures to protect antiquities. †3. Usually humorous. A very old person. Also as a form of address. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1633 J. Ford Broken Heart iv. i. sig. H2 Wisdome (looke'ee) Begins to raue:—art thou mad too, antiquity? a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub i. ii, in Wks. (1640) III You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench ! View more context for this quotation 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion vii. 3 When he was in the most serious humor, he would send for the Antiquity of his tenants. II. The fact or quality of being ancient, and related senses. 4. a. The fact of having originated in, or been in existence since, the ancient past; great age, ancientness. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] oldnessOE antiquity?c1450 agednessa1475 ancienty1524 continuance1528 ancientness1537 anciency1549 hoariness1580 primitiveness1644 antiquary1655 vetustness1727 primitivity1759 vetusty1870 ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 8303 Of þe saynt lyfe he sperde,..And of þe kirke antiquite, And how begane þe bischope se. 1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere vii. p. ccclxviii Then be you Iewes of more antyquyte then they. 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. D2 To preach and shew the antientie and antiquity of his house. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 94 Whatsoever some of their posteritie doe overweene of the antiquitie of their names. 1704 T. Brown Cal. Reform'd in Duke of Buckingham et al. Misc. Wks. 219 A rusty Spear, and a Cloak of singular Antiquity. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 192. ⁋2 Every Man boasted the antiquity of his family. 1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) II. iii. vi. 153 The geological antiquity of man. 1931 Geogr. Jrnl. 77 509 These older deposits had been covered by lavas which I thought of considerable antiquity and which must pre-date the arrival of man. 1997 T. Mackintosh-Smith Yemen (1999) vii. 189 This was Hisn al-Urr, a castle of great antiquity. 2014 H. MacDonald H is for Hawk xv. 144 For years I'd bought bells from Pakistan, hand-hammered from brass to a design of immense antiquity. b. The quality of being ancient in character or style, or reminiscent of an earlier time or era. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > ancient character or style antiqueness1655 antiquity1768 archaicism1864 1768 J. Witherspoon Pract. Disc. Leading Truths Gospel Advt. The same truths..which, through the antiquity of style and manner, seem to be falling into forgetfulness. 1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal ix. 164 There is much novelty without hope, much antiquity without sacredness. 1906 A. L. Salmon Literary Rambles in West of Eng. 314 It seems laboured, and the false antiquity is very wearisome. 2000 D. R. Woolf Reading Hist. in Early Mod. Eng. i. 71 The choice of lettering style suggests a conscious attempt to give the new copy the air of antiquity. 5. With reference to a person: the fact of being old or of advancing years; old age; (also) seniority. Also more generally: relative age or seniority. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [noun] eld971 old agec1330 agec1380 last agea1382 oldc1385 aldereldea1400 winterc1425 vilessec1430 annosityc1450 senectute1481 the black ox1546 golden years1559 years1561 great1587 afterlife1589 setting sun1597 antiquity1600 chair-daysa1616 the vale of yearsa1616 grandevity1623 green old age1634 eldship1647 senioritya1688 the other side of the hill1691 the decline of life1711 senectude1756 senility1791 senectitude1796 post-climacteric1826 Anno Domini1885 senium1911 golden age1946 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. ii. 185 Is not your voice broken..and euery part about you blasted with antiquitie . View more context for this quotation 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. i. i. 7 Who for their authoritie should be called Fathers, and for their antiquitie, Senators, or Aldermen. 1677 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery 30 Three..to be placed in such Order as the said Prelates..think fit, without regard to dignity, antiquity, or any other form. 1776 Miss Edwards Miscellanies 66 I saw an old man leaning on a staff, whose gray locks and bald head bespoke his antiquity. 1802 in Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (U.S. Office Naval Records) (1940) II. 30 He may appoint his second in command, or any other officer he thinks proper for the function, without attending to his antiquity. 1855 A. Marmion Anc. & Mod. Hist. Maritime Ports Ireland 154 The chief made a new partition of all the lands, and gave every one his share according to his antiquity. 1907 G. Ade Slim Princess (1911) xiv. 192 Occasionally some woman who knows how to use the stiletto in a friendly fashion will go after Mattie and try to show up her antiquity. 2010 Independent (Nexis) 5 Feb. 40 His recent activities were increasingly limited by failing sight and the onset of fading memory. He bore these and other irritations of venerable antiquity with dignified realism. Compounds Chiefly in sense 2b. a. General use as a modifier (in singular and plural), as in antiquity piece, antiquity register, antiquity thief, antiquities collection, etc. ΚΠ 1711 London Gaz. No. 4855/4 A small Gold Ring, with an Antiquity Piece hanging to it. 1899 J. P. Peters Nippur I. x. 221 These men were all, or almost all, notorious antiquity thieves. 1970 D. J. Hamblin Pots & Robbers vii. 117 (caption) The Ephebus of Selinunte, central figure in the most famous antiquity theft in postwar Italy. 1991 Jrnl. Hist. Collections 3 190/2 Jenkins..had just achieved the great coup of purchasing en bloc the entire antiquities collection of the Villa Montalto-Negroni. 2007 New Yorker 17 Dec. 62/3 A sprawling carabinieri investigation of American museums and the illegal antiquities market. 2010 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 11 Dec. 64/2 The antiquity register describes the object as ‘sculpture fragment (defaced)’. b. With participles and agent nouns, forming compounds in which antiquity expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in antiquity-collecting, antiquity dealer, antiquity hunter, antiquity-hunting, etc. ΚΠ 1738 J. Breval Remarks Several Parts Europe: Tours since 1723 I. 20 The Roman Virtuosi themselves have their Cercatori or Antiquity-Hunters. 1841 G. R. Gliddon Mem. Cotton of Egypt 62 European antiquity-collectors or their agents throughout Egypt. 1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 119 The bishop of Ossory, who was antiquity-hunting in Sutherland. 1988 P. J. O'Rourke Holidays in Hell 26 Antiquity hunters have been at work in Tyre. All the Roman tombs are broken open. 1994 A. V. Ettin Speaking Silences viii. 150 All beloved of the antiquity-collecting Renaissance patrons and scholars. 1997 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 10 Mar. 3 (caption) This..Egyptian funeral figure..was discovered in a box at Sydney's Nicholson Museum by a leading antiquity dealer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1375
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