The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antiquity \An*tiq"ui*ty\, n.; pl. Antiquities. [L. antiquitas, fr. antiquus: cf. F. antiquit['e]. See Antique.]
The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.
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Old age. [Obs.]
It not your voice broken? . . . and every part about you blasted with antiquity?
--Shak. Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
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The ancients; the people of ancient times.
That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has ?vowed.
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An old gentleman. [Obs.]
You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench.
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A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
Note: [In this sense, usually in the plural.] ``Heathen antiquities.''
--Bacon.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (plural of antiquity English)Category:English plurals 2 (context invariable English) A written account of history.
Wikipedia
Antiquities are objects from Antiquity , especially the civilizations of the Mediterranean: the Classical antiquity of Greece and Rome, Ancient Egypt and the other Ancient Near Eastern cultures. Artifacts from earlier periods such as the Mesolithic, and other civilizations from Asia and elsewhere may also be covered by the term. The phenomenon of giving a high value to ancient artifacts is found in other cultures, notably China, where Chinese ritual bronzes, three to two thousand years old, have been avidly collected and imitated for centuries, and the Pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica, where in particular the artifacts of the earliest Olmec civilization are found reburied in significant sites of later cultures up to the Spanish Conquest.
Antiquities was the fifth Magic: The Gathering set and the second expansion set. It was the first set to have an original backstory that explores the mythos of the Magic universe (see Magic: The Gathering storylines). The story is primarily about the brothers Urza and Mishra who are inseparable at first, but become sworn enemies over the finding of two power stones. Trying to get hold of the other's stone they eventually lay waste to the whole continent of Terisiare. The set was created by the group of students at the University of Pennsylvania that had helped Richard Garfield design the original game. Mechanically Antiquities revolves around artifacts. Only 35 of the 85 different cards are colored, the remaining 50 cards being artifacts and lands. The expansion symbol for Antiquities was an anvil.
Usage examples of "antiquities".
Now he has set his sights on the ultimate prize-golden antiquities worth almost a billion dollars-- and from his lavish headquarters he coolly signs the death warrant of anyone who dares to challenge him.
They pillage precious antiquities to sell through international underground markets.
He's also the government watchdog on illegal diggings and smuggling of antiquities.
Customs Service who specializes in the illicit smuggling of antiquities.
The special agent, who possessed the expertise of an antiquities scholar, immediately recognized the photo supplied by the cleaning lady as the long-lost Golden Body Suit of Tiapollo.
Gaskill and Pottle stood overwhelmed by the spectacular array of antiquities.
He was simply a cast-off pawn in the high-stakes game of stolen art and antiquities.
I can't believe there isn't a time capsule of valuable antiquities down there.
They steal antiquities faster than an army of ants can strip a forest.
As luck would have it, our brother Samuel in New York had sold Rummel most of his collection of illegal pre-Columbian antiquities and knew the location of the concealed gallery that held the suit.
He left the mass of jumbled antiquities and continued moving toward what had once been the captain's cabin on the stern of the galleon.
An airstrip was built on the farm so he could fly in and out from Costa Rica to visit the children while purchasing stolen art and illegal antiquities from the Zolar family.
He had never seen so many pre-Columbian antiquities so rich in rarity and beauty displayed in one place.
Many of the collections in respected museums display forged antiquities and no one realizes.
With Ragsdale in the lead, the little group of agents cracked open the door of the office and peered out onto the floor of an immense storehouse of stolen art and antiquities.