Definition of antiquity

• n. - The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.
• n. - Old age.
• n. - Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
• n. - The ancients; the people of ancient times.
• n. - An old gentleman.
• n. - A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.]
• n. - The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.
• n. - Old age.
• n. - Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
• n. - The ancients; the people of ancient times.
• n. - An old gentleman.
• n. - A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.]