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Look up: ancient

  1. ancient
    A coin produced prior to the generally accepted date of 500 A.D.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/10142

  2. ancient
    [adj] - belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire 2. [adj] - very old
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. ancient
    Part of the town enclosed by the line of the former oldest walls. (PH/NS AP) Category: Management in the public and private sector
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Ancient
    An'cient adjective [ Middle English auncien , French ancien , Late Latin antianus , from Latin ante before. See Ante- , pref .] 1. Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great dis...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/80

  5. Ancient
    An'cient noun 1. plural Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns . 2. An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence. « The Lord will enter into judgment with the anc...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/80

  6. Ancient
    An'cient noun [ Corrupted from ensign .] 1. An ensign or flag. [ Obsolete] « More dishonorable ragged than an old-faced ancient . Shak. » 2. The bearer of a flag; an ensign. [ Obsolete] « This i...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/80

  7. ancient
    1. Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days. 'Witness those ancient empires of the...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. ancient
    adjective very old; `an ancient mariner`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. ancient
    adjective 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`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. ancient
    noun a person who lived in ancient times
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. ancient
    noun a very old person
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. Ancient
    • (n.) Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns. • (n.) An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence. • (n.) The bearer of a flag; an ensign. • (a.) Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable. • (n.) One of the senior ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. Ancient
    (band) `Ancient` is a Norwegian black metal band from Eidsvåg, Nesset, formed in 1992. The band has released six full-length albums released by Metal Blade Records. Ancient used to have a raw black metal sound, similar to Darkthrone`s works. Beginning with The Cainian Chronicle, the...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient

  14. Ancient
    (Stargate) The `Ancients` are a humanoid race in the fictional Stargate universe. They are called "Ancients" in the Milky Way, but are also known as `Lanteans` or Ancestors in the Pegasus galaxy and as the `Alterans` in their home galaxy, and they sometimes call themselves Anquie...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient

  15. Ancient
    (company) `Ancient Corp.` (`株式会社エインシャント` `Kabushiki-Gaisha Einshanto`) is a video game developer founded on April 1st, 1990, and managed by the game music composer publisher=The Next Level|url=http://www.the-nextlevel.com/features/deve...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient



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11 February 2012

This day in history:
On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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