Ancient

Definition: Ancient

Ancient

Adjective

1. Belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece".

2. Very old; "an ancient mariner".

Date "ancient" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definition
Literature	Ancient A corruption of ensign - a flag and the officer who bore it. Pistol was Falstaff's "ancient." "Ten times more dishonourably ragged than an old-faced ancient." - Shakespeare: I Henry IV, iv. 21. "My whole charge consists of ancients, corporals, lieutenants, gentlemen of companies..." - Shakespeare: I Henry IV, iv. 2. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Ancient

Synonym: Antiquated. (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Age	Turned of, years old; of a certain age, no chicken, old as Methuselah; ancestral, patriarchal; (ancient); gerontic.
Clergy	Pope, Papa, pontiff, high priest, cardinal; ancient flamen, flamen; confessor, penitentiary; spiritual director.
Indication	Insignia; banner, banneret, bannerol; bandrol; flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum, oriflamb, oriflamme; figurehead; ensign; pennon, pennant, pendant; burgee, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack; banderole, " old glory ", quarantine flag; vexillum; yellow-flag, yellow jack; tricolor, stars and stripes; bunting.
Oldness	Adjective: old, ancient, antique; of long standing, time-honored, venerable; elder, eldest; firstborn.
The Past	Noun: the past, past time; days of yore, times of yore, days of old, times of old, days past, times past, days gone by, times gone by; bygone days; old times, ancient times, former times; fore time; the good old days, the olden time, good old time; auld lang syne; eld.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Ancient

English words defined with "ancient": ancient history, Ancient lights. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ancient": Ancient Lands, Ancient Mariner, Ancient of Days. (references)

Etymologies containing "ancient": Vetust. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	A bunch of hokey religions and ancient weapons ain't no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. (Star Wars; writing credit: George Lucas) I wanted to meet stimulating and interesting people of an ancient culture, and kill them (Full Metal Jacket; writing credit: Gustav Hasford; Michael Herr) Ancient enemy make prayer about these people you wish to hear (Rambo III; writing credit: Sylvester Stallone) It was built on an ancient Indian burial ground, and was the setting of Satanic rituals, witch-burnings, and five John Denver Christmas specials (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history, an ancient race of people the Druids (This Is Spinal Tap; writing credit: Christopher Guest; Michael McKean)
Lyrics	And I hear those ancient lullabies (My Father's Eyes; performing artist: Eric Clapton) Its probably ancient history (Insensitive; performing artist: Jann Arden) Three lullabies in an ancient tongue, (THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING; performing artist: King Crimson) The narrow archway; the layers; the scroll of ancient lettuce (Babelogue; performing artist: Patti Smith) Sings ancient songs to me (Prince Of Darkness; performing artist: The Nylons)
Movie/TV Titles	Bologna: An Ancient City for a New Society (1974) In Search of Ancient Astronauts (1973) Preservation of Ancient Monuments (1973) Ancient Fistory (1953) The Ancient Mariner (1925)
Song Titles	Ancient Egyptians, The (performing artist: Poi Dog Pondering) Justified And Ancient (performing artist: The KLF f/Tammy Wynette)
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Domain	Title
Books	Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques: A Contemporary Guide to the Ancient Investment Techniques of the Far East (reference) Jesus CEO : Using Ancient Wisdom for Visionary Leadership (reference) Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science-From the Babylonians to the Maya (reference) Route 66 A.D. : On the Trail of Ancient Roman Tourists (reference) Sacred Reading: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Ancient American (reference) Ancient City Genealogist (reference) Ancient History Bulletin (reference) Ancient Narrative (reference) Ancient Philosophy (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Ancient Mysteries - Myths & Legends (reference) Mummies And The Wonders of Ancient Egypt (reference) The Sex Files - Ancient Desires (reference) David Macaulay's World of Ancient Engineering: Pyramid (reference) Power Rangers Wild Force - Ancient Awakening (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Music From Ancient Rome 2: String Instruments (reference) Ancient Echoes - Music from the time of Jesus and Jerusalem's Second Temple (reference) Ancient Noels (reference) The Kalevala Heritage: Archive Recordings of Ancient Finnish Songs (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	King's Field: The Ancient City (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	An Ancient Storm in the Jovian Atmosphere. Credit: NASA.		A Swarm of Ancient Stars. Credit: NASA.
	Ancient impact craters on Ganymede. Credit: NASA.		Ancient text demonstrating use of cross-staff. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Point Lobos with sublime view of granite headland framed between branches of an ancient Monterey cypress. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Reminiscent of ancient astronomic observatories, the last rays of the setting sun suffuse the entrance tunnel with a golden glow. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	An ancient mariner mending his nets. Credit: Fisheries.		Ancient coral reef below 700 meters of water off Hawaii. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).
	Jungle growth attempting to reclaim the ancient city of Nan Madol. Credit: Small World.		Leavened bread has been around a long while-since the days of ancient Egypt, Babylon and Greece, in fact. Then, as now, it was made from wheat, or from a mixture of wheat and rye. The elastic gluten in wheat is essential for bread to rise. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..
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Author	Quotation
Ancient Proverb	A thief passes for a gentleman, when stealing has made him rich.
Dante Alighieri	Less than a drop of blood remains in me that does not tremble; I recognize the signals of the ancient flame.
Francis Bacon	Ask counsel of both times -- of the ancient time what is best, and of the latter time what is fittest.
Horace	The centuries roll back to the ancient age of gold.
John Dryden	He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul.
President John F. Kennedy	According to the ancient Chinese proverb, "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."
Samuel Butler	The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.
St. Augustine	I have learnt to love you late, Beauty at once so ancient and so new!
Virgil	I feel again a spark of that ancient flame.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Magna Carta	1215	And the city of London shall have all it ancient liberties and free customs, as well by land as by water; furthermore, we decree and grant that all other cities, boroughs, towns, and ports shall have all their liberties and free customs. (reference)
John Locke	1690	A man may owe honour and respect to an ancient, or wise man; defence to his child or friend; relief and support to the distressed; and gratitude to a benefactor, to such a degree, that all he has, all he can do, cannot sufficiently pay it: but all these give no authority, no right to any one, of making laws over him from whom they are owing. (Second Treatise of Government)
Communist Manifesto	1848	When the ancient world was in its last throes, the ancient religions were overcome by Christianity. (reference)
Winston S. Churchill	1946	Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
John F. Kennedy	1961	Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans--born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage--and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Tangled Tale	Carroll, Lewis	The fifth set consists of AN ANCIENT FISH and CAMEL
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	Now it was that the lucubrations of my ancient predecessor, Mr. Surveyor Pue, came into play
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	He had, or believed that he had, a connivance, one might almost say complicity, with events, equivalent to the ancient invulnerability
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	The colonnade above him made him think vaguely of an ancient temple and the ashplant on which he leaned wearily of the curved stick of an augur
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	[Coming forward] If ancient sorrow be most reverend, Give mine the benefit of seniory, And let my griefs frown on the upper hand
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	In the day ancient leaky radiators sent up columns of steam, loose connecting rods hammered and pounded
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	I spent five days in conversing with many others of the ancient learned
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	The ancient philosophers, Chinese, Hindoo, Persian, and Greek, were a class than which none has been poorer in outward riches, none so rich in inward
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Malaria has been a scourge since ancient times. (references)
		Therapeutic Touch is derived from the ancient technique of "laying-on of hands." (references)
		The manifestations of Alzheimer’s disease have been recognized since ancient times. (references)
Business		Some ancient texts are banned for political reasons. (references)
		The ancient Greeks had assigned responsibility for tourism to their most senior of Gods, Jupiter. (references)
		Over 10 million vehicles were inspected during 1999 and another 12 million would undergo inspection during 2000. According to estimates furnished by ENEA (Italy's state-owned energy and environmental research body), the inspection regulations have helped bring down emissions of major pollutants (CO, HCs and Nox) by 8%. Clearly, renewing Italy’s ancient national fleet (17.2% of cars are over 15 years old, four times greater than that of the other main EU countries), would be a major step towards increased safety and improved environmental conditions. (references)
Civil Liberties	India	The BJP's traditional cultural agenda includes calls for construction of a new Hindu temple to replace an ancient Hindu temple that was believed to have stood on the site of a mosque in Ayodhya that a Hindu mob destroyed in 1992; for the repeal of Article 370 of the Constitution, which grants special rights to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, the country's only Muslim majority state; and for the enactment of a uniform civil code that would apply to members of all religions. (references)
Economic History	Sweden	Popular government in Sweden rests upon ancient tradition. (references)
	Iraq	The ruins of Ur, Babylon, and other ancient cities are here. (references)
Human Rights	Chad	Human rights groups have assisted the Government in mediation efforts to reconcile the ancient conflict between herders and farmers over land and water rights. (references)
Minorities	Yemen	A small group of persons claiming to be the descendants of ancient Ethiopian occupiers of Yemen who later were enslaved, are considered the lowest social class. (references)
Political Economy	Yemen	Brief Synopsis of the Political System: Yemen has two functioning political systems: an emerging modern democracy and an ancient tribal/feudal system. (references)
Worker Rights	China	Many ancient or religious texts are banned from the curriculum for political reasons. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	MEANDER, n. To proceed sinuously and aimlessly. The word is the ancient name of a river about one hundred and fifty miles south of Troy, which turned and twisted in the effort to get out of hearing when the Greeks and Trojans boasted of their prowess.
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Speaker	Phrase(s)
James Dobson	Well, I would have to see that to believe it. There have been cultures of where homosexuality was rampant too. In ancient Rome, ancient Greece, Sodom and Gomorrah in the Old Testament.
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John Adams	1797-1801	All sober inquirers after truth, ancient and modern, pagan and Christian, have declared that the happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.
James Monroe	1817-1825	In our whole system, national and State, we have shunned all the defects which unceasingly preyed on the vitals and destroyed the ancient Republics.
John Quincy Adams	1825-1829	The magnificence and splendor of their public works are among the imperishable glories of the ancient republics.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	That act of justice would well accord with the character of Spain, and is due to the United States from their ancient friend.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	Democracy alone can supply the vitalizing force to stir the peoples of the world into triumphant action, not only against their human oppressors, but also against their ancient enemies--hunger, misery, and despair.
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	To take advantage of modern vaccination achievements, I am proposing a mass immunization program, aimed at the virtual elimination of such ancient enemies of our children as polio, diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus.
George Bush	1989-1993	Three tall crosses rise up from the stones, and atop each cross, an anchor, an ancient symbol of hope.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	Guided by the ancient vision of a promised land, let us set our sights upon a land of new promise.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Ancient" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.78% of the time. "Ancient" is used about 4,896 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	99.78%	4,885	2,003
Noun (proper)	0.12%	6	143,867
Noun (singular)	0.1%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	4,896	N/A

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "ancient".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Priscilla	N/A	Ancient Roman	Ancient
Balaam	N/A	Biblical	The ancient of the people
Bileam	N/A	Biblical	The ancient of the people
Bilgah	N/A	Biblical	Ancient countenance
Ebal	N/A	Biblical	Ancient heaps
Ibleam	N/A	Biblical	Ancient people
Jashem	N/A	Biblical	Ancient
Jeshishai	N/A	Biblical	Ancient
Kedemah	N/A	Biblical	Ancient
Prisca	N/A	Biblical	Ancient
Priscilla	N/A	Biblical	Ancient
Priscilla	N/A	English	Ancient
Piroska	N/A	Hungarian	Ancient
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "ancient": an ancient copy of a newspaper ♦ ancient and Accepted Scotch Rite ♦ Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine ♦ Ancient Christian magic ♦ ancient city ♦ ancient civilizations ♦ ancient customs ♦ ancient days ♦ Ancient demesne ♦ ancient greece ♦ ancient greek ♦ ancient history ♦ Ancient Lands ♦ Ancient lights ♦ ancient monument ♦ ancient Oaks ♦ ancient of Days ♦ ancient pine ♦ ancient rome ♦ ancient temple ♦ ancient unit of weight ♦ in ancient days ♦ in ancient times ♦ of ancient date ♦ of ancient history ♦ of ancient lineage ♦ preservation of ancient monuments ♦ The ancient r'egime. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "ancient": ancient-astronaut, ancient-looking, Ancient-mariner.
	Ending with "ancient": not-so-ancient, whose-ancient.
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Language		Translations for "ancient"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		antiek (antique). (various references)

Albanian		antik, i vjetër (antique, long ago, long standing, moss-grown, old, olden, passe, primitive, shabby, superannuated, used), i njëhershëm (former, old, simultaneous), i lashtë (age-old, antique, early, grey, grey headed, Hoar, hoary, old, old world, primaeval, primeval, primordial), i dikurshëm (of yore, old time, primaeval, primeval, quondam, whilom). (various references)

Arabic		‏قديم (antiquated, antique, archaic, back, classic, classical, hoary, immemorial, obsolete, of long standing, old, old fashioned, old hand, old time, old timer, old-established, oldster, once, out of date, outdated, outmoded, primitive, quondam, sometime, stale, staleness, stock, superannuate, time honored, time worn, very old), ‏غابر (past), ‏عتيق الزي (antiquated, antique, bygone, dated, dowdy, out of date, outdated, outmoded, vintage), ‏عتيق (age-old, fossil, hoary, musty, old, old fashioned, out of date, passe, prim, superannuated, time honored, time worn, used), ‏شيخ عجوز (old). (various references)

Bulgarian		старец (old man), много стар, античен (antique, classic, classical), древен (age-old, archaic, hoary, old, old world, olden, pristine, venerable). (various references)

Catalan		antic (antique). (various references)

Chinese		古老 (age-old). (various references)

Czech		antický (antique, classical), starovìký (antique), starověký, starobylý (antique, hoary, time honored, time-honoured), starý (aged, guv, old, old man, stale), předpotopní (antediluvian, archaic), letitý (aged), dávný (bygone, old). (various references)

Danish		antik (antique). (various references)

Dutch		ouderwets (antique, old-fashioned, out of date), antiek (antique), aloud (antique). (various references)

Esperanto		antikva (antique). (various references)

Faeroese		gamal (antique, old), fortíðar- (antique). (various references)

Farsi		پیر (Doddering, Gray, Master, Old, Oldster, Preceptor), کهنه (Antique, Archaic, Bygone, Clout, Dead, Gray, Lint, Musty, Obsolescent, Obsolete, Old, Olden, Pokey, Ragged, Rundown, Shabby, Tacky, Timeworn, Wad), کهن (Hoary, Olden), قدیمی (Archaic, Bygone, Old, Olden, Outdated, Senior, Timeworn), دیرینه (Chronic, Deepseated, Old), باستانی (Antiquarian, Antique, Gray, Old, Primer, Primeval, Relic). (various references)

Finnish		vanha (aged, old), muinainen (old), ikivanha (time-honoured, very old), entisaikainen (old). (various references)

French		antique (antique). (various references)

Frisian		antyk (antique). (various references)

German		alt (aged, alto, anciently, antiquarian, contralto, hand-me-downs, middle aged, old, olden, same old, stale, traditional), uralt (aged, age-old, hoary, immemorial, very old, vintage), ehemalig (erstwhile, former, previous, pristine, quondam, sometime), antik (antique, antiquely), altertümlich (antiquated, antique, archaic). (various references)

Greek		παλαιόσ (dated, inveterate, long standing, old, olden, worn out), αρχαίοσ (antique, olden), αχάιος. (various references)

Hebrew		קמאי, קדמון (aboriginal, ancestor, primitive), קדמוני (eastern, primeval), קדום (aboriginal, advancement, immemorial, prevention, primal, promotion), עתיק (antique, obsolete, old), ראשוני (basic, first, original, primal, primary, prime, primitive, rudimentary), נושן (chronic, obsolete, old). (various references)

Hungarian		régi (antique, bygone, centner, hand-me-down, hoar, hoary, of old, old, old time, old-world, past, pristine, stale, time honored, time-honoured, time-worn), antik (antique). (various references)

Indonesian		asali (original, primary, wellborn), baheula (old fashionned), bahari (antique, charming, maritime, nautical). (various references)

Italian		antico (age-old, antique, bygone, early, old, olden). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		古い (aged, antiquated, old not person, stale). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ふるい (aged, ague, antiquated, obsolete article, old, outmoded, shaking, shivering, sieve, stale, threadbare, trembling), こらい (from time immemorial, time-honoured). (various references)

Korean		고대. (various references)

Manx		shenndeeagh, shenn (aged, antiquarian, archaic, auld, consecrated, elderly, ex, former, inveterate, long-standing, old, olden, old-established, senile, stale, time-fusty, veteran, vintage, worn). (various references)

Norwegian		gammel (old). (various references)

Papiamen		antik (antique). (various references)

Pig Latin		ancientay.(various references)

Portuguese		antigo (antique, archaic, auld, former, late, old, olden, once, pristine, quondam, whilom). (various references)

Romanian		antic (antiquated, antique, crusted, Hoar, old, old fashioned, venerable), vechi (antique, back, decrepit, grey headed, Hoar, inveterate, old, quondam, stale, superannuated, time worn, used), strãvechi (antique, dateless, hoary, immemorial, primitive, time worn), strãbun (ancestor, ancestors', antique, father, forefather, forefathers, forefathers', patriarch, predecessor, primogenitor, progenitor), stegar (ensign), secular (age-old, century-old, lay, secular, time honored, time-honoured), clasic (classic, classical, classically, classicist, ideally, polite, recognized, standard), cãrunt (Gray, grey, grey haired, greyish, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, Hoar, hoary), bãtrân (aged, grey, grey headed, hoary, old, olden, senile). (various references)

Russian		старинный (old, old time, old world, old-time, pre-columbian), античный (antique), древний (ancients, crusted, hoary, immemorial, old). (various references)

Scottish		aosda (a. aged, antique, nm.ind. aged one, old), àrsaidh (old). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		antički (antique), starinski (antique, archaic, obsolete, old fashioned, old time, old world, oldfangled), star (aged, old, old time, olden, scrap, senescent), drevan (venerable, world old). (various references)

Spanish		antiguo (abecedarian, age-old, antique, archaic, former, late, long standing, old, old world, old-established, ole, out of date, quondam, used, vintage), vetusto. (various references)

Swedish		forntida (antique, pristine). (various references)

Turkish		antíka (antique), eskiden kalma (of old, old, pristine, secular, time honored, time-honoured), eski (archaic, auld, bygone, crusted, cut and dried, disused, earlier, early, erstwhile, ex, ex-, former, immemorial, late, obsolete, of long standing, of old, old, old time, old timer, olden, onetime, out of date, passe, passee, previous, prior, quondam, secondhand, sometime, trite, used, vet, veteran), çok eski (age-old, antediluvian, dateless, old world, remote). (various references)

Turkmen		gojaman, goja (old), gadym. (various references)

Ukrainian		старійшина (doyen, elder, patriarch), старомодний (antediluvian, antiquated, antique, corny, frumpish, old fashioned, oldfangled, out of date, out of fashion, outmoded, primitive, square-toed, victorian, vintage), стародавний (antique), старезний (advanced, age-old, antiquated, antique, decrepit, prehistoric, prehistorical, senile, winterly, wintry), старик, старий (advanced, aged, age-old, auld, back, decrepit, dilapidated, grey headed, hoary, moth-eaten, old, old-aged, olden, ole, superannuated, used), колишній (departed, erstwhile, foregone, former, lapsed, late, old, olden, once, one time, overpast, prior, pristine, quondam), минулий (backward, bygone, departed, erstwhile, former, gone, last, one time, overblown, overpast, past), знамено (banner, flag), античний (antique, classic), прапорщик (ensign), прапороносець (banner-bearer, cornet, ensign, standard bearer), прапор (banner, colors, colours, ensign, flag, gonfalon, standard), патріарх, давний (antique). (various references)

Vietnamese		xưa (former, old-established, one-time, quondam, world-old), cờ hiệu (standard). (various references)

Welsh		oesol (age-long, perpetual), hynafol (antique, archaic), hen (aged, antique, of old, old). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	palaios. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	antiqua, antiquitus, antiquus, longevi, longevo, longevum, longevus, prisca, priscam, priscus, pristinus, veterem, veteres, veteri, veteribus, veteris, veterum, vetus, vetustam, vetustiores, vetustissima. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	eald, gamol. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 22, Verse 28
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Mh metaire oria aiwnia a eqento oi patereV sou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Ne transgrediaris terminos antiquos quos posuerunt patres tui
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Ne ouerpasse thou olde termes, the whiche thi fadris setteden.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Let not the old landmark be moved which your fathers have put in place.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Proverbs Chapter 22, Verse 28
Cebuano	¶ Ayaw pagbalhina ang karaan nga mohon sa yuta, Nga gibutang sa imong mga amahan.
Chinese	你先祖所立的地界、你不可挪移。
Croatian	Ne pomièi prastare meðe koju su postavili oci tvoji.
Danish	Flyt ej ældgamle Skel, dem, dine Fædre satte.
Dutch	Zet de oude palen niet terug, die uw vaderen gemaakt hebben.
Finnish	Älä siirrä ikivanhaa rajaa, jonka esi-isäsi ovat asettaneet.
French	Ne déplace pas la borne ancienne, Que tes pères ont posée.
German	Verrücke nicht die vorigen Grenzen, die deine Väter gemacht haben.
Hungarian	Ne bontsd el a régi határt, melyet csináltak a te eleid.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Janganlah sekali-kali memindahkan batas tanah yang sudah ditetapkan oleh nenek moyangmu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Janganlah engkau memindahkan tanda perhinggaan tanah, yang telah dibubuh oleh nenek moyangmu.
Italian	Non spostare il confine antico, posto dai tuoi padri.
Maori	¶ Kaua e whakanekehia atu te rohe tawhito i whakatakotoria e ou matua.
Norwegian	Flytt ikke det gamle grenseskjell som dine fedre har satt!
Portuguese	Não removas os limites antigos que teus pais fixaram.
Rumanian	Nu muta hotarul cel vechi, pe care l-au awezat pqrinyii tqi. -
Russian	оЕ РЕТЕДЧЙЗБК НЕЦЙ ДБЧОЕК, ЛПФПТХА РТПЧЕМЙ ПФГЩ ФЧПЙ.
Spanish	No cambies de lugar el lindero antiguo que establecieron tus padres.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "ancient": ancienter, ancientest, anciently, ancientness, ancientnesses, ancientries, ancientry, ancients. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Ancient" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acient, acuent, aincent, anbient, ancent, anchient, anciant, ancien, Anciente, ancientry, Ancyent, Aniceto, anicient, Annchen, antcient, antient, anvient, auncyent, auntient, bankment, Dancienne, enciant, nacient, naicent, nicent. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "ancient" (pronounced ā"nkhunt or ā"nshunt)
5	-n kh u n t	penchant, trenchant.
4	-kh u n t	merchant.
3	-u n t	agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.
4	-sh u n t	abortifacient, beneficent, coefficient, impatient, deficient, efficient, inefficient, inpatient, insufficient, omniscient, outpatient, patient, proficient, quotient, sufficient.
3	-u n t	agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-n-n-t"
	-1 letter: acetin, canine, cannie, centai, enatic, encina, incant, innate, tannic.
	-2 letters: actin, anent, antic, enact, entia, inane, nance, tenia, tinea.
	-3 letters: acne, ante, anti, cain, cane, cant, cate, cent, cine, cite, etic, etna, neat, nice, nine, nite, tace, tain, tine.
	-4 letters: ace, act, ain, ait, ane, ani, ant, ate, can, cat, eat, eta, ice, inn.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-n-n-t"
	+1 letter: ancients, canniest, enacting, incanted, insectan, instance, uncinate.
	+2 letters: accenting, ancienter, anciently, ancientry, anticline, antigenic, cannister, cantering, cantilena, carnitine, contained, container, crenation, decanting, enunciate, incarnate, incessant, injectant, instanced, instances, interclan, mendicant, nectarine, recanting, runcinate, tenancies, uncertain.
	+3 letters: abstinence, anamnestic, ancientest, annunciate, anteceding, anticancer, anticlines, cachinnate, caninities, cannisters, cantilenas, carnitines, catenating, catenation, centennial, chastening, coenacting, concertina, confidante, congenital, containers, continuate, creatinine, crenations, descanting, disenchant, enchanting, entrancing, enunciated, enunciates, enunciator, gentamicin, incarnated, incarnates, incidental, incinerate, inductance, injectants, instancies, intactness, intendance, interchain, interocean, intragenic, itinerancy, mendicants, naphthenic, nectarines, nonascetic, noncabinet, nonelastic, nonethical, nucleating, nucleation, nunciature, pancreatin, pangenetic, pentatonic, phenacetin, reenacting, renunciate, sanctioned, scantiness, tangencies, technician, transgenic, transience, transiency, uncanniest, uncreating, unpedantic, unteaching.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
ancient egypt	2,493	ancient egypt map	119
ancient rome	2,320	ancient map	109
ancient greece	1,790	woman of ancient greece	105
ancient	991	ancient greece picture	100
ancient china	570	ancient egypt picture	99
ancient civilization	344	ancient japan	97
ancient artifact	285	ancient athens	90
ancient greek	250	ancient aztec	90
ancient history	250	ancient art	87
ancient india	219	ancient roman	86
ancient coin	188	ancient olympics	85
seven wonder of the ancient world	178	ancient babylon	84
ancient symbol	160	ancient greek god	84
ancient greek art	157	ancient mesopotamia	84
map of ancient rome	156	ancient egyptian god	82
ancient egyptian	146	ancient greek theater	79
map of ancient greece	143	ancient mystery	77
rime of ancient mariner	143	ancient aztec conquest spanish	73
ancient egypt art	135	ancient greek food	73
picture ancient rome	121	ancient conquest roman	73
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Ancient Korean Gate" by Andrew Kim Commentary: "Korean gate that once protected the city."	"Old & ancient 5" by MESH'AL A. Commentary: "Old & ancient."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Ancient

Definition: Ancient

Ancient

Adjective

Specialty Definition: Ancient

Specialty Definition: Anasazi

Ancient

Ancient Greece

Ancient history

Ideas

Antiquity

List of ancient weapons

Ancient weapons

Culture specific

Synonym: Ancient

Synonyms within Context: Ancient

Age

Clergy

Indication

Oldness

The Past

Crosswords: Ancient

Modern Usage: Ancient

Screenplays

Lyrics

Movie/TV Titles

Song Titles

Commercial Usage: Ancient

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Image Slideshow: Ancient

Photos:Ancient

Illustrations:Ancient

Computer Images:Ancient

Photo Album: Ancient

Digital Photo Gallery: Ancient

Familiar Quotations: Ancient

Ancient Proverb

Dante Alighieri

Francis Bacon

Horace

John Dryden

President John F. Kennedy

Samuel Butler

St. Augustine

Virgil

Historic Usage: Ancient

Magna Carta

John Locke

Communist Manifesto

Winston S. Churchill

John F. Kennedy

Use in Literature: Ancient

Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Ancient

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Ancient

James Dobson

Speeches: Ancient

John Adams

James Monroe

Photos:
Ancient

Illustrations:
Ancient

Computer Images:
Ancient