Antient

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of ancient. alt-of, obsolete

    "Our voyagers make beasts under the name of Pongos, Mandrills, and Orang-Outang, of the very beings, which the antients exalted into divinities under the name of Satyrs, Fauns, and Sylvans."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of ancient. alt-of, obsolete

    "I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs By the known rules of antient libertie, When strait a barbarous noise environs me Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs"

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antediluvianoldpastaaldabidingaboriginal

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"Our voyagers make beasts under the name of Pongos, Mandrills, and Orang-Outang, of the very beings, which the antients exalted into divinities under the name of Satyrs, Fauns, and Sylvans."

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