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Definition: ANTIQUITIES |
ANTIQUITIESPlural1. Of Antiquity |
Date "ANTIQUITIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Antiquity means "ancient times", and may be used of any period before the Middle Ages. Most commonly it means the classical antiquity of Greece and Rome, but may also be used of ancient Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia or other early civilizations of the Near East. It is less commonly seen for civilizations of the Far East.
The term may also be used of archaeological objects from ancient cultures.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Antiquity."
Crosswords: ANTIQUITIES |
| English words defined with "ANTIQUITIES": antiquarian, Antiquarianism, antiquary, Archaeography ♦ palaeology, paleology. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ANTIQUITIES": Asnapper ♦ Flint Jack, Folk-lore ♦ Hock-day ♦ Maitland Club, Moabite stone ♦ Reculver ♦ Whip-dog Day. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "ANTIQUITIES": Antiquity. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Obtainer of rare antiquities. (Raiders of the Lost Ark; writing credit: George Lucas; Philip Kaufman) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Antiquities at the island of Biggeh / Frith 1857. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The scenery, music & antiquities of Ireland illustrated by MacEvoy's original Hibernicon. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Carthage, Father Pierre de Latrie standing amid antiquities. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Antiquities 3" by Loretta Humble Commentary: "Son of older bearded man at antique store." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Francis Bacon | Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. |
Sir Thomas Browne | Time which antiquates antiquities, and hath an art to make dust of all things. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Syria | Trade: Exports--$5.1 billion: petroleum, textiles, phosphates, antiquities, fruits and vegetables, cotton. (references) |
Algeria | That fund made a grant of $15,000 for the protection of Roman mosaics at an antiquities site at Cherchell. (references) | |
Egypt | Government and private business have ambitious plans to expand tourist arrivals to 9.5 million by 2005. In addition to the famous antiquities around Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan/Abu Simbel, the government hopes to expand visits and services at lesser-known archaeological sites. (references) | |
Trade | Sri Lanka | These exports are controlled for reasons of environmental protection and preservation of antiquities. (references) |
Laos | LAO LAW PROHIBITS THE EXPORT OF WEAPONS; ANTIQUITIES; BUDDHA IMAGES; ILLEGAL DRUGS; LOGS; 15X80 SIZE AND THICKER SAWED WOOD (REGARDLESS OF LENGTH); RAW RATTAN AND BASIC PROCESSED RATTAN; AND WILDLIFE. (references) | |
Croatia | Import licenses are required for arms/ammunition, military and police equipment, mobile radio sets, drugs, narcotics, antiquities, works of art, precious metals, waste, and substances harmful to the ozone layer. (references) | |
Travel | Turkey | Unauthorized purchase or removal from Turkey of antiquities or other important cultural artifacts is strictly forbidden. (references) |
Latvia | CUSTOMS REGULATIONS: Latvia customs authorities may enforce strict regulations concerning temporary importation into or export from Latvia of items such as firearms, religious materials, antiquities, medications, business equipment, drugs etc. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "ANTIQUITIES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 89.12% of the time. "ANTIQUITIES" is used about 239 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 |
| Noun (plural) | 89.12% | 213 | 20,749 |
| Noun (proper) | 10.88% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Total | 100.00% | 239 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "ANTIQUITIES": illicit trade in antiquities. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "ANTIQUITIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | gjëra antike. (various references) | |
Arabic | الإثار, أثار عتيقة, آثار قديمة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | антикварни предмети. (various references) | |
Chinese | 上古 (Antiquity). (various references) | |
Czech | starožitnosti (antiquary). (various references) | |
French | antiquités. (various references) | |
German | Antiquitäten (antiques, antquities), altertümer. (various references) | |
Greek | αρχαιοκαπηλία (illicit trade in antiquities). (various references) | |
Hebrew | עתיקות (antiques, archaism). (various references) | |
Hungarian | régiségek (old curiosities), régiség (antique, fly in amber), antikvitás (antiquity). (various references) | |
Italian | antichi. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 好古 (love of antiquities). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | こうこ (anxiety, excellent, finance corporation, fine, for ever, from ancient times, historic, looking back, love of antiquities, pertinent, the public, the world, unprecedented, worry). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | antiquitiesay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | povos antigos. (various references) | |
Russian | старина (ancientness, lang syne, my boy, old bean, old buck, old chap, old fellow, olden times). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | antikviteti. (various references) | |
Spanish | antigüedades (antiques). (various references) | |
Swedish | forntids, fornlämningar. (various references) | |
Turkish | gelenek ve görenekler, eski gelenekler. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"ANTIQUITIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Antiquitates, Antiquitus, antiquityes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ANTIQUITIES" (pronounced anti"kwutēz) |
| 6 | -k w u t ē z | equities, inequities. |
| 4 | -u t ē z | absurdities, abilities, abnormalities, activities, affinities, ambiguities, amenities, animosities, annuities, anxieties, atrocities, authorities, availabilities, banalities, brutalities, calamities, capabilities, capacities, causalities, cavities, celebrities, charities, commodities, commonalities, communities, complexities, curiosities, deformities, deities, densities, deputies, disabilities, disability, disparities, divinities, eccentricities, enmities, entities, extremities, facilities, fatalities, festivities, fidelities, formalities, fraternities, generalities, gratuities, hostilities, humanities, humanity, identities, illegalities, immunities, improprieties, impurities, indemnities, indignities, inequalities, infidelities, infirmities, insecurities, instabilities, intensities, irregularities, legalities, liabilities, liquidities, localities, majorities, maturities, minorities, modalities, municipalities, nationalities, necessities, niceties, obscenities, oddities, opportunities, parities, peculiarities, personalities, pieties, possibilities, principalities, priorities, probabilities, proclivities, propensities, qualities, quantities, rarities, realities, responsibilities, rigidities, securities, sensibilities, sensitivities, similarities, societies, sororities, technicalities, tonalities, unfamiliarities, universities, utilities, vanities, varieties, velocities, verities, vulnerabilities. |
| 3 | -t ē z | amnesties, Antes, beauties, booties, bounties, casualties, certainties, christies, cities, committees, counties, cruelties, diabetes, difficulties, ditties, duties, dynasties, eighties, empties, entreaties, faculties, fatties, fifties, forties, frailties, lefties, liberties, loyalties, Montes, nineties, novelties, panties, parties, patties, penalties, pretties, properties, royalties, seventies, shanties, sixties, sorties, specialities, specialties, subcommittees, subtleties, thirties, travesties, treaties, twenties, uncertainties, vigilantes, warranties, zlotys. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-i-n-q-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: quantities. | |
-2 letters: initiates, quaintest, uintaites. | |
-3 letters: antiques, equitant, initiate, inquiets, quietist, quintets, uintaite. | |
-4 letters: antique, asquint, attunes, aunties, inquest, inquiet, instate, intuits, isatine, nutates, quinate, quintas, quintes, quintet, satinet, sinuate, situate, tautens, tetanus, tiniest, titians, unities, unstate. | |
-5 letters: astute, attune, auntie, intuit, isatin, nutate, quaint, quants, queans, quiets, quinta, quinte, quints, seniti, sequin, sitten, squint. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-i-n-q-s-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: disquantitied, disquantities, tranquilities. | |
+3 letters: tranquillities. | |
+5 letters: semiquantitative. | |
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