Ancients
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Gentlemen in the Inns of Courts who are of a certain standing. In the Middle, Temple, all who have passed their readings are termed "ancients." In Gray's Inn, the ancients are the oldest barristers; besides which, the society consists of benchers, barristers, and students. In the Inns of Chancery, it consists of ancients and students or clerks.