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= classical, adj. 1a; of or relating to Greek and Roman antiquity in general. Now rare.
Constituting an acknowledged standard or model; = classic, adj. 2a.
In extended use (esp. of non-material things): comparable to a monument in massiveness or permanence; vast, stupendous; (of a work of art or…