What is the meaning of classical?

noun

  • Traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste.

adjective

  • Of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture.
    • usage: "classic Cinese pottery"
  • Of recognized authority or excellence.
    • usage: "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation"
  • Of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome.
    • usage: " a classical scholar"
  • Language) having the form used by ancient standard authors. ( "classical Greek
  • Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures."classical mythology"; "classical
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