as in ancientness
the state of being something old
despite their indisputable antiquity, many of the carvings look like they could have been made yesterday
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Roman bathhouses – which functioned as important community spaces in antiquity – are still being discovered across Europe and Asia Minor today.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The Aeneid has perhaps had more influence on later European and Anglophone literature than any other work from ancient Greek and Roman antiquity.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Passed down from antiquity, these fantastical peoples didn’t fit neatly into Christian doctrine.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Aug. 2025
Epigraphik, which publishes research related to papyrology and epigraphy from classical antiquity.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The Aeneid has perhaps had more influence on later European and Anglophone literature than any other work from ancient Greek and Roman antiquity.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Passed down from antiquity, these fantastical peoples didn’t fit neatly into Christian doctrine.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Aug. 2025
Epigraphik, which publishes research related to papyrology and epigraphy from classical antiquity.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antiquity
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A day earlier, the committee acted to change recommendations for young children, indicating that a risk of seizures necessitated separate chickenpox vaccinations through age three.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Sep. 2025
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Kirk, 31, founded Turning Point USA at age 18 and rose to become one of the most prominent conservative voices in the country.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Antiquity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antiquity. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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