archaic
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In its benign use, Christendom is an archaic label for the Christians of the world.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026
Like Karen Barwick though, he questions the need to string them up calling it "archaic".
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
The nizam’s court, with its sumptuous palaces, its concubines, its rituals and recitations of poetry and music, was the chief inheritor of the archaic grandeur of the moguls.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
The rebuilt face looks more archaic than many scientists expected, offering fresh clues about one of the first human species to expand across Africa and Eurasia.
From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025
A third wall looked like a pharmacist’s shelf, and the fourth wall held more archaic objects.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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