English Dictionary

ancient

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈeɪn.ʃənt/

名詞

イギリス英語 廃用

A person who is very old. / A person who lived in ancient times. / (UK, law) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery. / (obsolete) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.

日本語の意味

とても年老いた人、非常に古い人 / 古代に生きた人 / （英国法律において）法廷やシャンセリーの上級会員の一人 / （古語）先代の者、長老

The ancient sat by the fire and told stories of the village's past.

村の長老は火のそばに座って、村の昔話を語った。

意味（1）

A person who is very old.

Hetty and Mrs. Piper watched them with a lynx-eyed understanding and before the ancient was well upon his road his way was blocked by Hetty.

意味（2）

A person who lived in ancient times.

What is ancient for us was in its own time a reworking of what was ancient for the ancients.

意味（3）

(UK, law) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.

意味（4）

(obsolete) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.

Junius and Andronicus […] in Christianity […] were his ancients.

ancients （ plural ）