ancientness

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as in maturity
the state of being an old person if nothing else, the patriarch had achieved a degree of ancientness worthy of veneration

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as in antiquity
the state of being something old the ancientness of the papyrus was authenticated by carbon dating

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“Ancientness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancientness. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.

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