S: (n) antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)
S: (n) golden age (any period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happiness)
S: (n) Jazz Age (the 1920s in the United States characterized in the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a period of wealth, youthful exuberance, and carefree hedonism)
S: (n) reign (the period during which a monarch is sovereign) "during the reign of Henry VIII"
S: (n) Enlightenment, Age of Reason (a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine) "the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms"
S: (n) Elizabethan age (a period in British history during the reign of Elizabeth I in the 16th century; an age marked by literary achievement and domestic prosperity)
S: (n) Victorian age (a period in British history during the reign of Queen Victoria in the 19th century; her character and moral standards restored the prestige of the British monarchy but gave the era a prudish reputation)
S: (n) Baroque, Baroque era, Baroque period (the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe)
S: (n) Middle Ages, Dark Ages (the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance)
S: (n) Renaissance, Renascence (the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries)
S: (n) Reign of Terror (the historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed) "the Reign of the Bourbons ended and the Reign of Terror began"
S: (n) Harlem Renaissance (a period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished)
S: (n) New Deal (the historic period (1933-1940) in the United States during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented)
S: (n) Reconstruction, Reconstruction Period (the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877)
S: (n) age, eld (a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises) "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"
S: (n) long time, age, years (a prolonged period of time) "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
S: (n) old age, years, age, eld, geezerhood (a late time of life) "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
Verb
S: (v) age (begin to seem older; get older) "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"
S: (v) senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate (grow old or older) "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
S: (v) age (make older) "The death of his child aged him tremendously"