ancientness

• auncientnesse (obsolete)

From ancient + -ness.

ancientness (usually uncountable, plural ancientnesses)

1. The state or quality of being ancient.
   • 1894, Frank Richard Stockton, Pomona's Travels, page 257:

     Here we are in this wonderful town, where, if you can't see everything you want to see, you can generally see a sample of it, even if your fad happens to be the ancientnesses of Egypt.

• ancience, agedness, hoariness, venerability; see also Thesaurus:oldness