Antiquities

Word ANTIQUITIES
Character 11
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ænˈtɪk.wɪ.tiːz/

Definitions and meanings of "Antiquities"

What do we mean by antiquities?

Ancient times; faraway history; former ages

The people of ancient times.

An old gentleman.

(history) The historical period preceding the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500), primarily relating to European history.

(often constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times, such as a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.

The state of being ancient or of ancient lineage.

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The word "antiquities" in example sentences

This can become frustrating when you know that trans people were looked upon with respect in antiquities from the Zulu’s to the Native Americans, and in ancient Babylon as well as Kemet to name a few. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I have studied the history of trans people in antiquities in all cultures as data provides us with. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Vatican Museum has recently put on an exhibition of some of the most famous antiquities from the era with reproductions painted as close to the originals as they can – this is possible because many statues contain trace amounts of pigment from their original coats of paint. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It is biased sic to examples from the USA but they do cover some matters of interest to British readers, including the theft of antiquities from the National Museum of Iraq in 2003. ❋ Not A Sheep (2007)

Whether he continued to deal in antiquities I do not know, but to do so would have been dangerous. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Without access to more witnesses, more museum documentation, and the government officials whose names appeared on various orders to remove certain antiquities, we were forced to leave many discrepancies unresolved. ❋ Unknown (2005)

In addition to oil, fortunes in antiquities lay beneath the desert sand. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The theft of valuable antiquities from the home of a friend causes great concern in the Emerson household. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The looting of antiquities from the Iraq National Museum was not a good example of America's failure to protect Iraq's heritage. ❋ P. J. O'Rourke (2003)

A nation's claim on antiquities is an attempt at national immortalization. ❋ Unknown (2001)

He had always had a passionate interest in Danish antiquities, and was much excited upon the appearance of ❋ Chauncey Brewster Tinker (1919)

The great museum of antiquities is at Boulak, pleasantly situated on the banks of the river. ❋ Unknown (1885)

Topham Beauclerc housed his thirty thousand volumes, as Walpole declared, in a building that reached halfway from London to Highgate; his collection was in two parts, of which the first was mainly classical, and the other was very rich in English antiquities and history. ❋ Charles Isaac Elton (1869)

The earliest mention of churchyards in English antiquities is in the canons called the "Excerptions of Ecgbriht," A.D. 740, when Cuthbert was Archbishop of ❋ Unknown (1863)

Then, American soldiers did nothing as looters pillaged priceless antiquities from the National Museum of Iraq. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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