ancientry

noun5

1. •
   (no longer used) The quality or fact of being ancient or very old.

   • PEN, made of reed, cut, &c. like our pens, is of classical ancientry; but the first certain account of quill pens is in 636, in Isidore. — 1825
2. •
   (no longer used) Something ancient (countable); ancient things (collectively).

   • Kings Lynn is a pleasant town to ramble about. […] In its quiet and more secluded streets you come upon bits of ancientry, the waifs and strays of monastic times […] — 1898
3. •
   (no longer used) The olden days; antiquity.

   • Ere all, in ancientry aeterne, was God (Holy and blessed always be His name) In essence inconceivable. — 1855
4. •
   (no longer used) Elderly people, elders, ancients (collectively).

   • The man and all his kin, the ancientry of England, were at deadly enmity with this Welshman who had curbed their power, and was bringing in a horde of new men to take their places. — 1931
5. •
   (no longer used) Old-fashioned style, elaborate ceremony.

   • So he and Miss Vezzis were married with great state and ancientry; and now there are several little D'Cruzes sprawling about the verandahs of the Central Telegraph Office. — 1888