On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Antiquity. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as age or oldness and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Antiquity in a sentence
Antiquity meaning
- Ancient times; faraway history; former ages.
- The people of ancient times.
- An old gentleman.
Antiquity vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Antiquity
- The main meaning on this page is: Ancient times; faraway history; former ages. | The people of ancient times. | An old gentleman.
- Useful related words include: historic period, age, ancientness, oldness.
- Possible Dutch translations are: oudheid.
- In the example corpus, antiquity often appears in combinations such as: in antiquity, of antiquity, late antiquity.
Context around Antiquity
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 14 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Antiquity
- In this selection, "antiquity" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, late, british, roman, follows, smuggling and representing stand out and add context to how "antiquity" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about his antiquity smuggling activities and about roman antiquity. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "antiquity" sits close to words such as antagonist, benton and bolivia, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with antiquity
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is very rich in history and antiquity. (8 words)
Pythagoras was credited with many mathematical and scientific discoveries in antiquity. (11 words)
The four cardinal virtues of antiquity, which he feels you embody? (11 words)
Although the concept of an Olympic Truce or Ekecheiria is thought to date back to the Olympic Games of antiquity, it was not until 1993 that a formal "Olympic Truce" was adopted by the UN at the request of the IOC. (41 words)
Further proof of the antiquity of Luss is the fact that the area – consisting of the estates of Colquhoun, Auchentorily and Dumbuck – was given to Umphredus de Kilpatrick by Malduin, the Earl of Lennox, in the early 13th century. (39 words)
Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, one of the 31 Scottish commissioners for the Treaty of Union, stated a complete lie in that “neither our sovereignty nor our antiquity are lost in an incorporating union with England”. (36 words)
The four cardinal virtues of antiquity, which he feels you embody? (11 words)
Example sentences (20)
Late Antiquity The history of Padua during Late Antiquity follows the course of events common to most cities of north-eastern Italy.
After Bute’s fall, however, he re-focused, as befitted a ‘Patriot King’, on British antiquity and works connected to its growing empire.
After his release, there was only hearsay about his antiquity-smuggling activities in the country.
Although the concept of an Olympic Truce or Ekecheiria is thought to date back to the Olympic Games of antiquity, it was not until 1993 that a formal "Olympic Truce" was adopted by the UN at the request of the IOC.
Boasting temples, theaters, and bathhouses, a once overlooked, “backward” town tests assumptions about Roman antiquity.
Indeed, Byzantine architects, artisans, and engineers brought the Greco-Roman architecture of antiquity into the Middle Ages.
One version can be traced back to 77 AD, the time of — who, next to Aristotle, was probably the most influential scholar in antiquity.
Pythagoras was credited with many mathematical and scientific discoveries in antiquity.
Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, one of the 31 Scottish commissioners for the Treaty of Union, stated a complete lie in that “neither our sovereignty nor our antiquity are lost in an incorporating union with England”.
Some say it was Heron of Alexandria, one of the most prolific inventors of antiquity, who created the odometer.
The four cardinal virtues of antiquity, which he feels you embody?
The museum, which reopened in its new location in 2016, provides an amazingly thorough and detailed chronicle of Málaga from the earliest days of classical antiquity to well into the 20th century.
They will present the results of their research on the Battle of Chaeronea and the human activity in the region looking into the entire period of antiquity.
But everything also seemed to be touched by a slant light of antiquity.
Further proof of the antiquity of Luss is the fact that the area – consisting of the estates of Colquhoun, Auchentorily and Dumbuck – was given to Umphredus de Kilpatrick by Malduin, the Earl of Lennox, in the early 13th century.
Humans have prospered precisely because both types of endeavors have existed since antiquity.
It is very rich in history and antiquity.
Modeled on the Erechtheion, a temple on the Acropolis in Athens, Blackstone has an inner dome that is painted with figures from antiquity representing art, science, literature, and labor.
Norris makes this clear and self-evident but yet largely unappreciated connection between our everyday lives and the world of antiquity in her book.
Some archaeological finds in the area have been dated back to 3500 BC, while many more finds dating from the Bronze Age and Iron Age confirm the antiquity of Arbroath.
Common combinations with antiquity
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in antiquity 39×
- of antiquity 30×
- late antiquity 23×
- since antiquity 20×
- antiquity and 17×
- antiquity to 17×
- from antiquity 16×
- antiquity the 10×
- classical antiquity 10×
- to antiquity 6×