ancientry
ancientry
(ˈeɪnʃəntrɪ)n
the quality of being ancient, or old-fashioned stylethe olden daysancient lineage
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an•cient•ry
(ˈeɪn ʃən tri)n.
Archaic.
a. ancient character or style.
b. ancient times.
[1540–50]
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Ancientry
elders collectively; antiquities collectively; elders of a parish.Examples: nobility and ancientry of their houses, 1580; the ancientry of the parish, 1589; cram full of ancientry [‘antiques’], 1866; wronging the ancientry, 1611.
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