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• The Minotaur! the Labyrinth—such words do not suggest the solemnities of antiquarian research.1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 1. From the entry solemnity
• Everything at the fair was considered “antiquarian books or ephemera”.2023 May 13, Lilah Raptopoulos, “The charms of New York’s Antiquarian book fair”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The…. From the entry ephemera
• But, for Livy, Roman patriotism is overriding, and this issues, of course, in an antiquarian attention to the city's origins.2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin, published 2009, page 171. From the entry issue
• Now nothing would have been easier than to let all this sag into a compendium of antiquarian fuddy-duddery.1936, “The Man of the Month: Samuel Eliot Morison”, in The Atlantic, volume 158, page 384. From the entry fuddy-duddery
• At the thought, horror freezes the vitals of all the political antiquarians, of which we have an overstore.1913 May, “Things as they are”, in Pearson's Magazine, volume 29, number 5, page 638. From the entry overstore
• He penetrated into the unexplicabilities of antiquarian research in Central America, and donated several curious specimens to the London Museum.1900 December 15, “A[lfred] E[dward] Morgans, M.L.A.”, in The W.A. Record, volume XXV, number 1055, Perth, W.A., →OCLC, “The Record…. From the entry unexplicability
• Only London's finest collection of comfortable, thumbable antiquarian books, I thought, as I watched him sink into a chair near the empty fireplace.2001, Julie Kaewert, Unsigned: A Booklover's Mystery, Bantam Books, page 13. From the entry thumbable
• The gists of the reports, however, their logic, their structural coherence, are molded by a concern to reconstruct the past, by antiquarian interest.1988, Baruch Halpern, “Sisera and Old Lace: The Case of Deborah and Yael”, in The First Historians: The Hebrew Bible and History, San…. From the entry gist
• The first story actually sets the wrong tone, it's a very Stephen Kingish type of contemporary thriller and the rest of the collection has more of an antiquarian feel.2006 March 3, GabrielM [username], “Re: John Connolly's "Nocturnes"”, in alt.books.ghost-fiction (Usenet). From the entry Stephen Kingish
• For it is of their nature that the jabberwocks of historical and antiquarian research burble in the tulgy wood of conjecture, flitting from one tum-tum tree to another.1936, J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, Norwood, Pa.: Norwood Editions, published 1976, page 6. From the entry Jabberwock
• We are indebted to that eminent antiquarian, Mr Cosmo Innes, for much of the information we possess of that early period of Scottish history, the twelfth century.1911, Samuel Cowan, The Lord Chancellors of Scotland: From the Institution of the Office to the Treaty of Union, volume 1, W. & A. K.…. From the entry Lord Chancellor

Meaning of antiquarian

1. adjective Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity.
2. noun A collector or student of, or expert in, antiquities or antiques.

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How do you use antiquarian in a sentence?

Antiquarian is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The Minotaur! the Labyrinth—such words do not suggest the solemnities of antiquarian research.”

What is a short sentence with antiquarian?

“Everything at the fair was considered “antiquarian books or ephemera”.”

What does antiquarian mean?

Antiquarian means pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity.