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1ancient — ancient1 ancientness, n. /ayn sheuhnt/, adj. 1. of or in time long past, esp. before the end of the Western Roman Empire A.D. 476: ancient history. 2. dating from a remote period; of great age: ancient rocks; ancient trees. 3. very old; aged: an… …
2ancient — adjective 1) in ancient times Syn: of long ago, early, prehistoric, primeval, primordial, primitive; literary of yore; archaic foregone Ant: recent, contemporary 2) an ancient custom Syn …
3ancient — adjective 1) ancient civilizations Syn: early, prehistoric, primeval, primordial, primitive 2) an ancient custom Syn: old, age old, archaic, antediluvian, time honoured 3) …
4ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …
5Ancient Israelite cuisine — refers to the food eaten by the ancient Israelites during a period of over a thousand years, from the beginning of the Israelite presence in the Land of Israel at the beginning of the Iron Age until the Roman period. The dietary staples were… …
6Custom PC — Magazine Custom PC #091, April 2011 Editor James Gorbold Categories Computing Frequency Monthly …
7Ancient history — Ancient redirects here. For other uses, see Ancient (disambiguation). The times before writing belong either to protohistory or to prehistory. Ancient history is the study of the written past [Crawford, O. G. S. (1927). Antiquity. [Gloucester,… …
8Ancient Greek law — is a branch of comparative jurisprudence relating to the laws and legal institutions of Ancient Greece. Greek Iuris law has been partially compared with Roman law, and has been incidentally illustrated with the aid of the primitive institutions… …
9custom — n. 1) to establish a custom 2) to cherish, observe, practice a custom 3) (a) local custom 4) an ancient, old; pagan; quaint; tribal custom 5) a custom to + inf. (it is not our custom to break the law) 6) a custom that + clause (it is an old… …
10custom — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ accepted, age old, ancient, established, old, traditional ▪ quaint, strange ▪ …
