An·tiq·ui·ty n.; pl. Antiquities
 1. The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.
 2. Old age. [Obs.]
    It not your voice broken? . . . and every part about you blasted with antiquity?   --Shak.
 3. Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
 4. The ancients; the people of ancient times.
    That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has ░vowed.   --Sir W. Raleigh.
 5. An old gentleman. [Obs.]
    You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench.   --B. Jonson.
 6. A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
 Note: [In this sense, usually in the plural.] “Heathen antiquities.”
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