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/ˈeɪnʃəntli/
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ADVERB
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in ancient times; long ago
a concern with what may have happened anciently
How To Use anciently In A Sentence
- Now the three swords, now and anciently borne before the king at his coronation, were known as the sword of the clergy, the sword of the laity, and the third (curtana), which has no point, the sword of mercy. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
- _ The word "buckram" was anciently applied to the finest linen cloth, as is apparently the case here; see The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
- Thus, anciently, the invading horde in Jehoshaphat's time had marched as far north as En-gedi, before intelligence of their advance was conveyed to the court. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
- Acre, acca, anciently Ptolemais, in Syria, was taken by the Saracens in The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe
- With the exception of the estates of the anciently-established monasteries, these new baronies do not reflect the earlier estate arrangements.
- The area where the market was anciently held .
- Butler, the name anciently given to an officer in the court of France, being the fame as the grand echan - fon, or gi-eat cup-bearer of the prefent times. Encyclopædia britannica : or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature : constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systems ..
- To the anciently subtle discernment of the Japanese, though, Japanese rice is about equal in importance to air.
- -- M. Pognon, French Consul at Bagdad, has announced to the _Acad. des Inscriptions_ that he has discovered the exact location of the region called anciently the land of The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1
- It is situated in the largest of them, which is thirty miles long, called anciently Pomonia, now The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March