Dictionary entry

Ancientry

Webster's Dictionary 1913

An″cient‐ry (�), n. 1. Antiquity; what is ancient.

They contain not word of ancientry.

West.

2. Old age; also, old people.

Wronging the ancientry.

Shak.

3. Ancient lineage; ancestry; dignity of birth.

A gentleman of more ancientry than estate.

Fuller.