Antiquity definition

< < < < ; see antique. Compare with French antiquité.

Ancient times; former ages; times long since past

Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
The ancients; the people of ancient times.

That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has avowed. --Sir W. Raleigh.
An old gentleman.

You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench. --B. Jonson.
A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.