Ancienne-lorette
a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
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the ancient nobility, especially of the ancien régime.
- Ancient of days
the Supreme Being; God. noun a name for God, originating in the Authorized Version of the Old Testament (Daniel 7:9) an expression applied to Jehovah three times in the vision of Daniel (7:9, 13, 22) in the sense of eternal. In contrast with all earthly kings, his days are past reckoning.
- Ancient egg
noun See hundred-year egg Historical Examples If you can procure an ancient egg you have the tidbit for any varmint that may hit your track. Steel Traps A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding A more dazed Irishman than he never threw an ancient egg or a defunct cat at an alleged Celtic comedian with green whiskers. […]
- Ancient greek
noun the Greek language from the earliest records to about 300 bc, the chief dialect areas of which were Aeolic, Arcadic, Doric, and Ionic (including Attic) Compare Koine, Late Greek, Medieval Greek Historical Examples As one of the ancient greek Philosophers observed, you cannot change a man’s mind by arguing with him. Highways in Hiding […]
- Ancient forest
noun See primeval forest Historical Examples In the south a remnant of ancient forest is preserved as public ground under the name of Burnham Beeches. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 Various The ancient forest has disappeared, but its edge is still marked on the map. Belgium Emile Cammaerts According to tradition, a […]