ancientryn.

/ˈeɪnʃəntrɪ/

Forms: Also 1500s aunchent-, 1600s–1700s antient-.

Etymology: < ancient n.² + -ry suffix. Compare pageantry.

arch.

1. The quality or estate of being ancient or very old; ancientness, antiquity; old-fashioned style; seniority, priority.

1580 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 92 The Nobility and ancientry of their Houses.

1600 Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 69 The wedding manerly modest (as a measure) full of state and aunchentry.

1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iv. iii. 52 A Baron must go after the ancientry of his Creation.

1742 R. West Let. 12 Apr. in T. Gray Corr. (1971) I. 195 They contain not one word of antientry.

1789 H. Walpole in Miss Berry's Corr. I. 175, I allow my ancientry and that I am an old fond, jealous and peevish husband.

1866 J. Ingelow Poems 26 It could not fail to find Much proof of ancientry.

1877 H. Dixon Diana, Lady Lyle I. iv. i. 257 An air of stateliness, reserve, and ancientry.

1913 R. Kipling Songs from Bks. 21 Witness hereby the ancientry Of Oak and Ash and Thorn!

a1954 F. B. Young Wistanslow (1956) i. 7 Not merely venerable to me in its ancientry but also impressive as a work of art.

†2. Ancient lineage or descent; ancestry, origin.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun]

kinc892

strindc900

i-cundeOE

bloodOE

kindredOE

birtha1250

strainc1275

gesta1300

offspring?a1300

lineagea1330

descentc1330

linec1330

progenya1382

generationc1384

engendrurec1390

ancestry?a1400

genealogya1400

kind?a1400

stranda1400

coming?a1425

bedc1430

descencec1443

descension1447

ligneea1450

originc1450

family1474

originala1475

extraction1477

nativityc1485

parentelea1492

stirpc1503

stem?c1550

race1563

parentage1565

brood1590

ancientry1596

descendance1599

breeding1600

descendancy1603

delineation1606

extract1631

ancestory1650

agnation1782

havage1799

engendure1867

1596 Spenser View State Ireland 32 The Irish thinke to enoble themselves by wresting their Auncientry from the Spaniard.

†3. collect. Ancients, elder people, elders. Obs. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > old people collectively

morea1382

old folkc1385

aged1535

ancientry1548

olds1883

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Rev. in Paraphr. New Test. xvii. 4 The florishing and bewtiful rayment wherwith they and theyr auncientries haue garnished and annowrned this whore.

1590 Plaine Percevall sig. B4, To be infourmed..by the Auncientry of the Parish.

a1616 Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. iii. 61 Wronging the Auncientry, stealing, fighting.

4. The ancient or olden time; antiquity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > time long past or long ago

fern-daysOE

yesterdayOE

antiquityc1375

ancienty1489

eldc1540

father-age1633

auld lang syne1666

(the) year one1754

ancientry1755

aforetime1803

good (also bad) old days1828

long-ago1831

eld-time1845

the year dot1857

old times1898

1755 W. Huggins & T. H. Croker tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso I. xiv. lxxxi, Once they were there; but 'twas in antientry.

1839 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 45 271, I love those tales of ancientry.

1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 63 Ere all, in ancientry æterne, was God.

5. pl. or collect. Ancient things or relics, antiquities. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > object from the past or antique > antiquities

antiquity1605

ancientry1866

antique1908

1866 E. Waugh Eawr Folk in Lancs. Lyrics 201 There connot be Another pate like his, It's o crom-full o' ancientry, An' Roman haw-pennies!

1904 H. James Golden Bowl I. i. vi. 111 Small florid ancientries, ornaments, pendants, lockets.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010).

单词	ancientry
释义	ancientryn. /ˈeɪnʃəntrɪ/ Forms: Also 1500s aunchent-, 1600s–1700s antient-. Etymology: < ancient n.² + -ry suffix. Compare pageantry. arch. 1. The quality or estate of being ancient or very old; ancientness, antiquity; old-fashioned style; seniority, priority. Π 1580 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 92 The Nobility and ancientry of their Houses. 1600 Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 69 The wedding manerly modest (as a measure) full of state and aunchentry. 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iv. iii. 52 A Baron must go after the ancientry of his Creation. 1742 R. West Let. 12 Apr. in T. Gray Corr. (1971) I. 195 They contain not one word of antientry. 1789 H. Walpole in Miss Berry's Corr. I. 175, I allow my ancientry and that I am an old fond, jealous and peevish husband. 1866 J. Ingelow Poems 26 It could not fail to find Much proof of ancientry. 1877 H. Dixon Diana, Lady Lyle I. iv. i. 257 An air of stateliness, reserve, and ancientry. 1913 R. Kipling Songs from Bks. 21 Witness hereby the ancientry Of Oak and Ash and Thorn! a1954 F. B. Young Wistanslow (1956) i. 7 Not merely venerable to me in its ancientry but also impressive as a work of art. †2. Ancient lineage or descent; ancestry, origin. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] kinc892 strindc900 i-cundeOE bloodOE kindredOE birtha1250 strainc1275 gesta1300 offspring?a1300 lineagea1330 descentc1330 linec1330 progenya1382 generationc1384 engendrurec1390 ancestry?a1400 genealogya1400 kind?a1400 stranda1400 coming?a1425 bedc1430 descencec1443 descension1447 ligneea1450 originc1450 family1474 originala1475 extraction1477 nativityc1485 parentelea1492 stirpc1503 stem?c1550 race1563 parentage1565 brood1590 ancientry1596 descendance1599 breeding1600 descendancy1603 delineation1606 extract1631 ancestory1650 agnation1782 havage1799 engendure1867 1596 Spenser View State Ireland 32 The Irish thinke to enoble themselves by wresting their Auncientry from the Spaniard. †3. collect. Ancients, elder people, elders. Obs. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > old people collectively morea1382 old folkc1385 aged1535 ancientry1548 olds1883 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Rev. in Paraphr. New Test. xvii. 4 The florishing and bewtiful rayment wherwith they and theyr auncientries haue garnished and annowrned this whore. 1590 Plaine Percevall sig. B4, To be infourmed..by the Auncientry of the Parish. a1616 Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. iii. 61 Wronging the Auncientry, stealing, fighting. View more context for this quotation 4. The ancient or olden time; antiquity. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > time long past or long ago fern-daysOE yesterdayOE antiquityc1375 ancienty1489 eldc1540 father-age1633 auld lang syne1666 (the) year one1754 ancientry1755 aforetime1803 good (also bad) old days1828 long-ago1831 eld-time1845 the year dot1857 old times1898 1755 W. Huggins & T. H. Croker tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso I. xiv. lxxxi, Once they were there; but 'twas in antientry. 1839 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 45 271, I love those tales of ancientry. 1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 63 Ere all, in ancientry æterne, was God. 5. pl. or collect. Ancient things or relics, antiquities. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > object from the past or antique > antiquities antiquity1605 ancientry1866 antique1908 1866 E. Waugh Eawr Folk in Lancs. Lyrics 201 There connot be Another pate like his, It's o crom-full o' ancientry, An' Roman haw-pennies! 1904 H. James Golden Bowl I. i. vi. 111 Small florid ancientries, ornaments, pendants, lockets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < n.1548
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