In a sentence
Six example sentences with archaic, each labelled with its topic.
The poet used archaic words like thee and hearken, which made the verse sound three centuries older than it was.
Literature
The bank still runs an archaic terminal system from 1983, and only two contractors remember how to patch it.
Technology
Village weavers kept an archaic loom design long after the mills switched, because the old frame suited their narrow cloth.
History
The deed uses archaic terms like hereditaments, which the clerk had to translate for the young buyers.
Law
Paper share certificates are archaic now, and most brokers will not accept one without weeks of checking.
Finance
The recipe calls for a gill of milk, an archaic measure that sent everyone in the class to their phones.
Cooking
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