\An*tiq"ui*ty\, n.; pl. {Antiquities}. [L. antiquitas,
fr. antiquus: cf. F. antiquit['e]. See {Antique}.]
1. The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as,
   a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great
   antiquity.
2. Old age. [Obs.]
         It not your voice broken? . . . and every part about
         you blasted with antiquity?           --Shak.
3. Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as,
   Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
4. The ancients; the people of ancient times.
         That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity
         has ?vowed.                           --Sir W.
                                               Raleigh.
5. An old gentleman. [Obs.]
         You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench. --B.
                                               Jonson.
6. A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a
   statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
Note: [In this sense, usually in the plural.] ``Heathen
      antiquities.'' --Bacon.