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antiquary, a. and n.|ˈæntɪkwərɪ|
[ad. L. antīquāri-us of antiquity, f. antīqu-us: see antique and -ary.]
A. adj. Of antiquity; ancient; antique. rare.
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. ii. iii. 262 Here's Nestor Instructed by the Antiquary times. 1877Mrs. Oliphant Carita III. xli. 190 Some kind of antiquary courtship.
B. n. [the adj. used ellipt., sc. ‘man,’ ‘thing.’]
I. Of persons.
†1. A man of great age, an ancient. Obs. rare.
a1581Campion Hist. Irel. vii. (1633) 24 Had it beene my chaunce..to meete and conferre with this noble Antiquarie [a man aged two thousand and forty one yeares]. 1635J. Taylor (Water P.) Parr, He's in these times fill'd with iniquity, No antiquary, but antiquity; For his longevity's of such extent, That he's a living mortal monument.
†2. An official custodian or recorder of antiquities. (Bestowed as a title by Henry VIII upon Leland.) Obs.
1563Grafton Chron. I. vii. (R.) The booke of the excellent antiquary John Leyland. 1601Holland Pliny (1634) II. 493 Annius Fæcialis (another antiquarie or heralt at armes of Rome). 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., The University of Oxford have still their Antiquary, under the denomination of custos archivorum. 1763J. Brown Poetry & Mus. §8. 161 The approved Songs of the ancient Bards were preserved in the Custody of the King's Antiquary.
3. A student (usually a professed student), or collector, of antiquities. (Formerly used, in a wide sense, of a student of early history; now tending to be restricted to one who investigates the relics and monuments of the more recent past.)
1586Thynne in Animadv. Introd. 80 It hath beene some question amongst the best antiquaries of our age, that, etc. 1602Warner Alb. Eng. Epit. (1612) 351 Our learned and studious Antiquarie Master Camden. 1762H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) I. 134 We antiquaries, who hold every thing worth preserving, merely because it has been preserved. 1830Hor. Smith Tin Trump. (1870) 28 Antiquary—too often a collector of valuables that are worth nothing, and a re-collector of all that Time has been glad to forget. 1851D. Wilson Preh. Ann. (1863) I. iii. 86 Such evidences of primitive ages as have rewarded the researches of Northern antiquaries. 1881(title of Magazine) The Antiquary.
II. Of things.
†4. = antic n. 1. Obs. rare.
a1603in Nichols Progr. Q. Eliz. I. 378 Three bolles..chased in the bottoms with antiquaries and fishes.
†5. = antiquity. Obs. rare.
1592Greene Groatsw. Wit 1 A Citie..the name is not mentioned in the Antiquary. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. 1653, 235 Of the antiquary, the first inventers, and worthinesse of the excellent Art of Alchymy. |