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classical

adjective as in concerning ancient culture

adjective as in simple, chaste

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The concept of a civic memorial has long and often been, in Western culture, the privilege of classical music.

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“He plays classical guitar. He’s a very good tennis player. He won the America’s Cup. He has a huge Japanese art collection.”

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The Republican leader signed an executive order at the end of August to promote "classical" architecture, inspired by ancient Rome and Greece.

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Only FIDE, the game’s international governing body, requires that players have at least 40 classical games under their belts before the cycle is up.

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His project, which envisioned an abstract colonnade that would have reflected the classical language of the Parkway, was abandoned in 2005.

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