Definition of "ancients" []

• Plural form of ancient. (noun)
• The people of classical antiquity, especially such writers and philosophers. (noun)

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• "A society that subscribes purely to the wisdom of the ancients is a society that can only stagnate as it indulges in pedestrian navel-gazing."
• "After many failures with elementary code-breaking techniques, eventually the young, brilliant linguist discovers a Periodic Table, and with that, starts figuring out words like “water” and “rust” and so forth, and lo, the wisdom of the ancients is uncovered."
• "And sending from Miletus to Ephesus, he called the ancients of the church."