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ancientryenUK ancientry (ˈeɪnʃəntrɪ) nthe quality of being ancient, or old-fashioned stylethe olden daysancient lineagean•cient•ry (ˈeɪn ʃən tri)
n. Archaic. a. ancient character or style. b. ancient times. [1540–50] Ancientry elders collectively; antiquities collectively; elders of a parish.Examples: nobility and ancientry of their houses, 1580; the ancientry of the parish, 1589; cram full of ancientry [‘antiques’], 1866; wronging the ancientry, 1611. |