antiquity.

1. The distant past, especially the ancient historical world.

2. The quality of being very old.

3. An object surviving from the ancient past.

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Words that belong together

• classical antiquity
• remote antiquity

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The inscription referred to classical antiquity.

The family claimed origins in remote antiquity.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Usually uncountable for age or the past; plural antiquities for artifacts. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.