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adjective

Classical, Classic adj.

Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art. "Give, as thy last memorial to the age, One classic drama, and reform the stage." "Mr. Greaves may justly be reckoned a classical author on this subject (Roman weights and coins)."

Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds. "Though throned midst Latium's classic plains." "The epithet classical, as applied to ancient authors, is determined less by the purity of their style than by the period at which they wrote." "He (Atterbury) directed the classical studies of the undergraduates of his college."

Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style. "Classical, provincial, and national synods."

Classicals orders. (Arch.) See under Order.

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"Classical" Quotes from Famous Books

... to the Bishop of the see. Here he may be said to have created the Ecclesiastical Establishment which, under his conciliatory influence, has so rapidly and largely increased; and with it he soon associated the revival of Bishop Berkeley's Classical Academy, and a system of general instruction, of which a chain of schoolhouses, from either extremity of the ...

— The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 • Various

... Fabricius is in the Banksian cabinet, and affords further cause of regret, that the article "Papillon," of the Encyclopedie Methodique, should have been undertaken by a person who had not studied the classical collections that exist out of Paris. M. Godart describes this insect as a new species, under the name of Entoria, and makes it an inhabitant of the West Coast ...

— Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2] • Phillip Parker King

... marshalled upon the table, which fairly groaned beneath their weight. We had innumerable speeches. General Sutton made an excellent address, which an interpreter translated into Arabic. Our Arabian hosts were long-winded, and the recognized local orator was so classical in his phrases and forms and tenses that it was impossible to do more than get the general drift of what he said. Luckily I had in my pocket a copy of the Lusiads, which I surreptitiously read when the speeches became ...

— War in the Garden of Eden • Kermit Roosevelt

... Trieste are not many. There are remains of an attributive temple of Jupiter under the Duomo, and there is near at hand the Museum of Classical Antiquities founded in honor of Winckelmann, murdered at Trieste by that ill-advised Pistojese, Ancangeli, who had seen the medals bestowed on the antiquary by Maria Theresa and believed him rich. There is also a scientific museum founded by the Archduke Maximilian, and, above all, there ...

— Italian Journeys • William Dean Howells

... phases of the recital, he either turned and twisted on his bed, uttering little cries of delight or disappointment, or else lay motionless, plunged in the same kind of ecstatic reverie which enthusiastic admirers of classical music yield themselves up to while listening to one of the great Beethoven's ...

— Monsieur Lecoq • Emile Gaboriau

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