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state and ancientry

state and ancientry noun: dignified, old-fashioned style.

Noun

state and ancientry (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Dignified, old-fashioned style.
    • […] wooing, wedding, and repenting, is as a Scotch jig, a measure, and a cinque-pace: the first suit is hot and hasty, like a Scotch jig, and full as fantastical; the wedding, mannerly-modest, as a measure, full of state and ancientry; and then comes repentance and, with his bad legs, falls into...c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing
    • So he and Miss Vezzis were married with great state and ancientry; and now there are several little D'Cruzes sprawling about the verandahs of the Central Telegraph Office.1888, Rudyard Kipling, His Chance in Life

Questions about state and ancientry

What does state and ancientry mean?
State and ancientry means dignified, old-fashioned style.
What part of speech is state and ancientry?
State and ancientry is a noun.

Words near state and ancientry in the dictionary

  1. statch
  2. statcoulomb
  3. statcoulombs
  4. state
  5. state aid
  6. state and ancientry
  7. state attorney
  8. state attorneys
  9. state bond
  10. state bonds
  11. state capitalism

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