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形容詞

antient (comparative antienter or more antient, superlative antientest or most antient)

1. Obsolete spelling of ancient.
   • 1673, John Milton, I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs:

     I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs
     By the known rules of antient libertie,
     When strait a barbarous noise environs me
     Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs

   • 1785, Dawes, Manasseh & Jones, Sir William, England's Alarm!, page 10:

     The trial by jury, your Lordship knows, is so antient a privilege belonging to mankind, that its origin cannot properly be traced.

   • 1906, The Athenaeum‎, page 745:

     The choral and orchestral concerts at the Antient Concert Rooms were of more than usual interest.

   • 1908, Wellcome, Henry S., From Ergot to ‘Ernutin’‎, page 9:

     I should greatly value any information sent me in regard to medical traditions or references to antient treatment in manuscripts, printed works, etc. [...] I should be glad to receive any information respecting the early history of ergot and ergotism, also references to the use of ergot as a medicinal agent in antient times.

使用する際の注意点

This spelling is still current within freemasonry.

派生語

アナグラム

• Ettanin, tetanin