ancientry, an chen try

[Eng. ancient; -ry. In Fr. ancienneté; Ital. anci anita.] 1. The honour or dignity of having ancestry capable of being traced a long way back. "Wherefore, most foolishly do the Irish think to ennoble themselves by wresting their ancientry from the Spaniard, who is unable to derive himself from any in certain," Spenser : On Ireland. 2. The people of ancient lineage taken collectively. wronging the ancientry."-Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, iii. 1. 3. Antiquity, or imitation of it. "Heralds may here take notice of the antiquity of their art; and, for their greater credit, blazon abroad this precious piece of ancientry ; for before the time of Semi ram is we hear no news of coats or crests!"Gregory's Post huma , p. 236. "You think the ten or twelve first lines the best; now I am for the fourteen last; add, that they contain not one word of ancientry."-West to Gray, Lett. 5, § 3.