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See also: ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the See also:late See also:Lat. antianum, from ante, before) , old or in olden times. "Ancient See also:history" is distinguished from See also:medieval and See also:modern, generally as meaning before the fall of the western See also:Roman See also:empire. In See also:English legal history, " ancient " See also:tenure or See also:demesne refers to what was See also:crown See also:property in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:Edward the See also:Confessor or See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William the Conqueror. "The Ancient of days " is a Biblical phrase for See also:God.
End of Article: ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)
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