Ancient and Prior

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Ancient adjective - Dating or surviving from the distant past.

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Prior and ancient are semantically related in preceding topic. In some cases you can use "Prior" instead an adjective "Ancient".

Nearby Word: anciently

Prior adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

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Ancient and prior are semantically related in preceding topic. Sometimes you can use "Ancient" instead an adjective "Prior".

There was no evidence in-universe that suggests any of the ancient myths were true prior to The Calamity.

Source: Roleplay / Sigil Academy
Ancient Order of Protectors: For millennia prior to the game, priests have guarded the hibernating battle-girl.

Source: Video Game / battle-girl
Ancient Aliens is actually a follow-up to a one-off documentary that aired a year prior on the History Channel.

Source: Early Installment Weirdness / Live-Action TV

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