Ancient
Ancient adjective - Dating or surviving from the distant past.
Continuing and ancient are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Continuing" instead an adjective "Ancient".
Nearby Word: anciently
Continuing
Continuing adjective - Going on and on without any interruptions.
Ancient and continuing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ancient" instead an adjective "Continuing".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The first is Scorch, the ancient dragon of Rathe, whom the player could avoid simply by continuing by the road to Castle Ehb.
Source: Bonus Boss - A tradition mentioned of Sith, starting in this game and continuing in the Old Republic, is that their first lightsaber is recovered from an ancient tomb (the particular tomb in Knights of the Old Republic, that of the ancient Sith overlord Naga Sadow, is terribly popular for this).
Source: Ancestral Weapon -
Ancient Conspiracy: The immortal society itself, even before it splintered into the factions, both continuing to exist in secret.
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