ancienty
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French ancienneté, from Old French ancienete, from ancien + -ete. See ancient.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editancienty (uncountable)
- (obsolete) age; antiquity
- 1593, Lancelot Andrewes, An apologie for sundrie proceedings by iurisdiction ecclesiasticall,:
- That which hee ſpeaketh of Magna charta, albeit he handle it laſt, yet for the ancientie, ſeemeth to deſerue the first ranke
- (obsolete) seniority
References
edit- “ancienty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.