*classic*

{ } a. [ L. classicus relating to the classes of the Roman people, and especially to the frist class; hence, of the first rank, superior, from classis class: cf. F. classique. See Class, n. ] 1. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give, as thy last memorial to the age,
One classic drama, and reform the stage. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mr. Greaves may justly be reckoned a classical author on this subject [ Roman weights and coins ]. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though throned midst Latium's classic plains. Mrs. Hemans. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Atterbury ] directed the classical studies of the undergraduates of his college. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style. [ 1913 Webster ]

Classical, provincial, and national synods. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Classicals orders. (Arch.) See under Order. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality of being classical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to classicism; as, classicistic tradition. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to make classic or classical. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. the branch of learning concerned with study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Neo- + classic. ] Belonging to, or designating, the modern revival or adaptation of classical, esp. Greco-Roman, style, taste and manner of work in architecture, arts, literature, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.+ WordNet 1.5 ]

. All that architecture which, since the beginning of the Italian Renaissance, about 1420, has been designed with deliberate imitation of Greco-Roman buildings. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a revival of the classical Greek and Roman style in art or literature. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an advocate of neoclassicism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]