ancient
Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
Other meanings
Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "ante" (before).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “ancient” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.