antiquity

Everyday

1. Antiquity is the distant past, especially the time of ancient Greece and Rome. tree →
2. Antiquities are old objects and buildings from long ago, such as statues, coins and pots. tree →
3. Antiquity means being very old, as in a church of great antiquity. tree →

In the lessons

In history lessons, classical antiquity means ancient Greece and Rome; museums show antiquities from Egypt, Greece, China and more. In news, stealing and selling antiquities is a crime, and some countries ask museums to return objects taken long ago.

Examples

• The Pyramids were built in antiquity. tree →
• The museum is full of Greek antiquities. tree →
• Roman roads survive from antiquity. tree →
• The church is of great antiquity. tree →
• Thieves smuggled antiquities out of the country. tree →
• Scholars study the writers of antiquity. tree →
• The city of Athens especially contains numerous remains of these buildings of antiquity. tree →

Note

Uncountable for the time period; countable (antiquities) for objects. Related: antique (old valuable object), ancient. A formal word.

In Jewish tradition

It refers to the ancient world, with its old writing systems and philosophers. In the primary lessons: In history lessons, classical antiquity means ancient Greece and Rome; museums show antiquities from Egypt, Greece, China and more. In news, stealing and selling antiquities is a crime, and some countries ask museums to return objects taken long ago.

Examples

• The Pythagorean philosophy is the greatest enigma of all philosophical systems of antiquity. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• The purpose of the author was to e ..pliiisizc the superiority of alphabetic writing over the non-alphabetic writing (ideographic and syllabic) used by all the nations of antiquity, and even now by a great portion of mankind. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Is this your joyous city, whose feet in antiquity, in ancient days, carried her afar off to sojourn? (Prophets ISA.23.7, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Uncountable for the time period; countable (antiquities) for objects. Related: antique (old valuable object), ancient. A formal word.