ancient

1. ancient (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.

Example: an ancient city

Concept: Старина

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2. ancient (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.

Example: an ancient author

3. ancient (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.

4. ancient (noun) — sense 4

Definition: A person who is very old.

Example: Hetty and Mrs. Piper watched them with a lynx-eyed understanding and before the ancient was well upon his road his way was blocked by Hetty.

5. ancient (noun) — sense 5

Definition: A person who lived in ancient times.

Example: What is ancient for us was in its own time a reworking of what was ancient for the ancients.

6. ancient (noun) — sense 6

Definition: One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.