| antiquity | | |
| n. (time) | 1. antiquity | the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe. |
| ~ lustrum | a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census. |
| ~ catacomb | an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome). |
| ~ circus | (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games. |
| ~ galley | (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars. |
| ~ bay wreath, laurel wreath, laurel | (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory. |
| ~ pantheon | (antiquity) a temple to all the gods. |
| ~ toga virilis | (ancient Rome) a toga worn by a youth as a symbol of manhood and citizenship. |
| ~ humour, humor | (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state.; "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile" |
| ~ dithyramb | (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus). |
| ~ pean, paean | (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity). |
| ~ torch race | (ancient Greece) in which a torch is passed from one runner to the next. |
| ~ ana | mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu. |
| ~ lug, lugh | ancient Celtic god. |
| ~ egyptian deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians. |
| ~ ra, re | ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods. |
| ~ semitic deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites. |
| ~ persian deity | a deity worshiped by the ancient Persians. |
| ~ chinese deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese. |
| ~ greek deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks. |
| ~ roman deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans. |
| ~ bacchus | (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus. |
| ~ norse deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen. |
| ~ phrygian deity | deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor. |
| ~ augur, auspex | (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy. |
| ~ centurion | (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers. |
| ~ choragus | (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus. |
| ~ gladiator | (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat. |
| ~ pontifex | a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome. |
| ~ procurator | (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes. |
| ~ sibyl | (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet. |
| ~ tribune | (ancient Rome) an official elected by the plebeians to protect their interests. |
| ~ history | the aggregate of past events.; "a critical time in the school's history" |
| ~ historic period, age | an era of history having some distinctive feature.; "we live in a litigious age" |
| ~ romanic, roman | of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome).; "Roman architecture"; "the old Roman wall" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. ancientness, antiquity | extreme oldness. |
| ~ oldness | the quality of being old; the opposite of newness. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. antiquity | an artifact surviving from the past. |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| ~ antique | any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity. |
| ~ relic | an antiquity that has survived from the distant past. |
| ~ roman building | a building constructed by the ancient Romans. |
| ~ stela, stele | an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings. |
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