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anciently

[ayn-shuhnt-lee] / ˈeɪn ʃənt li /


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By then, abacot had taken on a life of its own, referring to not just any cap but a "Cap of State, made like a double crown, worn anciently by the Kings of England."

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2021

The cameo form itself was one anciently associated with the celebration of Greco-Roman imperial rule, but here, adapted for use as Sasanian propaganda, it advertises the ignoble defeat of that rule.

From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2019

These regions originated from four pairs of anciently duplicated chromosomes21,22.

From Nature ● May 8, 2018

In several of the poesie paintings, Titian cast the faces of his protagonists in shadow, obscuring our sense of their inner lives, making them at once more anciently remote and more humanly familiar.

From Washington Post

Nymp., p. 261., in which honey is spoken of as being "anciently a symbol of death."

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 104, October 25, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various


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