Definition of "antient" []

• Obsolete spelling of ancient. (noun)
• Obsolete spelling of ancient. (adjective)

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• "But this intrigue of the antient is a piece of private history, the truth of which my beloved cares not to own, and indeed affects to disbelieve: as she does also some puisny gallantries of her foolish brother; which, by way of recrimination, I have hinted at, without naming my informant in their family."
• "It recalls antient as well as recent recollections, very dear to my heart."
• "Reprinted without alteration, except in the spelling of "antient," among"