English Dictionary

antiquity

IPA（発音記号）

/ænˈtɪk.wɪ.ti/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 廃用

Ancient times; faraway history; former ages / The people of ancient times. / (obsolete) An old gentleman.

日本語の意味

古代や昔の時代、遠い過去の時代を指す。 / 古代の人々、古代に生きた人々を指す。 / (古語的用法) 年配の紳士、昔ながらのおじいさん的な意味合い。

Scholars often debate how religion shaped societies in antiquity.

学者たちはしばしば宗教が古代の社会をどのように形作ったかを議論する。

意味（1）

Ancient times; faraway history; former ages

Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.

意味（2）

The people of ancient times.

That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has avowed.

意味（3）

(obsolete) An old gentleman.

You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench.

意味（4）

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

意味（5）

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

意味（6）

The state of being ancient or of ancient lineage.

He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.

antiquities （ plural ）