A good opportunity is now before the Church to give answer as to whether this form of investigation is or is not anything better than a species of sacred Antiquarianism.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
Yet even the divinised dog or ibis could find skilful, if not convinced, defenders among the Greek eclectics, who lent all the forces of Hellenic ingenuity to the cause of Antiquarianism in religion.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
I do not consider Walter Scott a great poet, but he was highly accomplished in matters of poetical Antiquarianism, and is certainly citable as an authority on this question.
"The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)"
Frederic G. Kenyon