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Ancient Dreams — Album par Candlemass Sortie 22 novembre 1988 Enregistrement 1988 Durée 58:31 Genre Doom metal Producteur Candlemass … Wikipédia en Français
Ancient — An cient, n. [Corrupted from ensign.] 1. An ensign or flag. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] More dishonorable ragged than an old faced ancient. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. The bearer of a flag; an ensign. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] This is Othello s ancient, as I… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ancient Dreams — Infobox Album | Name = Ancient Dreams Type = studio Artist = Candlemass Released = November 23, 1988 Recorded = Genre = Doom metal Length = 58:31 Label = Active Records Producer = Reviews = Last album = Nightfall (1987) This album = Ancient… … Wikipedia
ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… … Universalium
ancient — ancient1 ancientness, n. /ayn sheuhnt/, adj. 1. of or in time long past, esp. before the end of the Western Roman Empire A.D. 476: ancient history. 2. dating from a remote period; of great age: ancient rocks; ancient trees. 3. very old; aged: an… … Universalium
ancient — {{11}}ancient (adj.) mid 14c., auncyen, from O.Fr. ancien old, long standing, ancient, from V.L. *anteanus, lit. from before, adjectivization of L. ante before, in front of, against (from PIE *anti against, locative singular of *ant front,… … Etymology dictionary
ancient — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English ancien, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *anteanus, from Latin ante before more at ante Date: 14th century 1. having had an existence of many years 2. of or relating to a remote period, to a time early… … New Collegiate Dictionary
ancient — [14] Like antique, ancient was originally, in Latin, an adjectivized version of the adverb and preposition ‘before’: to ante ‘before’ was added the adjective suffix ānus, to produce the adjective *anteānus ‘going before’. In Old French this… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
ancient — I an•cient [[t]ˈeɪn ʃənt[/t]] adj. 1) cv anh of or in time long past, esp. before the end of the Western Roman Empire a.d. 476 2) dating from a remote period: ancient rocks[/ex] 3) very old; aged 4) old in wisdom and experience 5) old fashioned… … From formal English to slang
ancient — [14] Like antique, ancient was originally, in Latin, an adjectivized version of the adverb and preposition ‘before’: to ante ‘before’ was added the adjective suffix ānus, to produce the adjective *anteānus ‘going before’. In Old French this… … Word origins
