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antiquity
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antiquity
n.
ancient times, former ages; oldness, state of being ancient
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Antiquity
Antiquity (noun) and ancient (adjective of antiquity, or obsolete noun for an old person) may refer to:
- any period before the Middle Ages (476–1453), but still within the period of Western civilization-based human history or prehistory. The term is most often used of Classical antiquity, the classical civilizations of the Mediterranean, especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
- "Ancient history" generally, and may be used of any historical period before the Middle Ages
- Ancient Near East
- Late Antiquity is used of the period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
- African Antiquity
- Ancient Iran (Persia)
- Ancient China
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient India (disambiguation)
- Ancient Israel and Judah
- Ancient Japan
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient languages
- Ancient music
- Antiquities, the term—almost always in the plural in modern usage, referring to objects or artifacts surviving from ancient cultures.
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antiquity
Noun
1. the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
(hypernym) historic period, age
(part-holonym) history
(class) Roman
2. extreme oldness
(synonym) ancientness
(hypernym) oldness
3. an artifact surviving from the past
(hypernym) artifact, artefact
(hyponym) antique
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antiquity
n.
antika; starověk; starobylost; starověká památka
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antiquity
Rzecz.
starożytność; starość; bezcenny, starożytny przedmiot; antyk
