archaic in the PONS Dictionary

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Second, the symbols make a high degree of standardization and a rectilinear shape comparable to what archaic writing systems manifest.
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Both the archaic and classical city were protected by an extended land wall.
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An archaic element was the choosing of the king ("basileus,").
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Using a full stop as an ordinal indicator is considered archaic, but still occurs in military contexts.
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They are believed to be either neologisms or intentional revival of archaic words.
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He was against polygamy and thought that it was an archaic custom.
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It is a plurale tantum where be is the archaic alternative form of are; the singular equivalent, the power that is, is less commonly used.
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Considered by many an archaic term, "quackery" is most often used to denote the peddling of the cure-alls described above.
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Sometimes a deliberately archaic or traditional poetic vocabulary was used.
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His work displayed a combination of a tendency toward realism and an archaic or moderately primitive style.
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