Online Dictionary: translate word or phrase from Indonesian to English or vice versa, and also from english to english on-line.
Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Council of Ancients (0.00783 detik)
Found 1 items, similar to Council of Ancients.
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Council of Ancients
Ancient
\An"cient\, n.
1. pl. Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the
moderns.
[1913 Webster]
2. An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a
person of influence.
[1913 Webster]
The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients
of his people, and the princes thereof. --Isa. iii.
14.
[1913 Webster]
3. A senior; an elder; a predecessor. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Junius and Andronicus . . . in Christianity . . .
were his ancients. --Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
4. pl. (Eng. Law) One of the senior members of the Inns of
Court or of Chancery.
[1913 Webster]
Council of Ancients (French Hist.), one of the two
assemblies composing the legislative bodies in 1795.
--Brande.
[1913 Webster]
Advertisement