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ancients
(encz) | ancients,staré národy Zdeněk Brož |
ancients
(wn) | ancients
n 1: people who lived in times long past (especially during the
historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in
western Europe) |
ANCIENTS
(bouvier) | ANCIENTS, English law. A term for gentlemen in the Inns of Courts who are of
a certain standing. In the Middle Temple, all who have passed their readings
are termed ancients. In Gray's Inn, the ancients are the oldest barristers;
besides which the society consists of benchers, barristers and students. In
the Inas of Chancery, it consists of ancients, and students or clerks.
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ancients
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Council of Ancients
(gcide) | Ancient \An"cient\, n.
1. pl. Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the
moderns.
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2. An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a
person of influence.
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The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients
of his people, and the princes thereof. --Isa. iii.
14.
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3. A senior; an elder; a predecessor. [Obs.]
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Junius and Andronicus . . . in Christianity . . .
were his ancients. --Hooker.
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4. pl. (Eng. Law) One of the senior members of the Inns of
Court or of Chancery.
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Council of Ancients (French Hist.), one of the two
assemblies composing the legislative bodies in 1795.
--Brande.
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ancients
(wn) | ancients
n 1: people who lived in times long past (especially during the
historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in
western Europe) |
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