Antiquities

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antiquity \An*tiq"ui*ty\, n.; pl. {Antiquities}. [L. antiquitas,
     fr. antiquus: cf. F. antiquit['e]. See {Antique}.]
     1. The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as,
        a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great
        antiquity.
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     2. Old age. [Obs.]
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              It not your voice broken? . . . and every part about
              you blasted with antiquity?           --Shak.
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     3. Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as,
        Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
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     4. The ancients; the people of ancient times.
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              That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity
              has ?vowed.                           --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
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     5. An old gentleman. [Obs.]
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              You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench. --B.
                                                    Jonson.
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     6. A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a
        statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
  
     Note: [In this sense, usually in the plural.] "Heathen
           antiquities." --Bacon.
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