1. (n.) The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.

2. (n.) Old age.

3. (n.) Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.

4. (n.) The ancients; the people of ancient times.

5. (n.) An old gentleman.

6. (n.) A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.]

abidingness aboriginality age ancien regime ancient history ancient manuscript ancient times ancientness antique archaism artifact atavism cave painting cobwebs of antiquity constancy continuance defeat of time defiance of time distance of time distant past diuturnity durability durableness duration dust of ages eld elderliness eldership endurance eolith fossil great age hoary age hoary eld inveteracy lastingness long standing long-lastingness long-livedness longevity maintenance mezzolith microlith neolith old age old order old style oldness paleolith perdurability perennation permanence perpetuity persistence petrification petrified forest petrified wood petroglyph plateaulith primitiveness primogeniture primordialism primordiality relic reliquiae remains remote age ruin ruins senility seniority stability standing steadfastness survival survivance time immemorial venerableness vestige