[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

classic \clas"sic\ kla^s"si^k, classical \clas"sical\, 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
see also:
class classicals orders order 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

classical
     adj 1: of or characteristic of a form or system felt to be of first
            significance before modern times ant: nonclassical
     2: of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work
        on greece"; "classical methods of navigation" syn: authoritative,
         definitive
see also:
nonclassical authoritative definitive 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

157 moby thesaurus words for "classical":
   attic, ciceronian, gothic, greek, latin, roman, victorian,
   absolute, aesthetic, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic,
   archetypical, arrant, artistic, authoritative, belletristic,
   capital, champion, chaste, choice, classic, clear, common,
   commonplace, complete, consummate, crass, decided, definitive,
   developed, direct, downright, easy, egregious, elegant,
   established, everyday, excellent, exemplary, expert, famous, fine,
   finished, flagrant, fossil, fossilized, fully developed, garden,
   garden-variety, glaring, graceful, gracile, gross, grown old,
   homely, homespun, household, ideal, in good taste, influential,
   intolerable, limpid, literary, lucid, masterful, masterly,
   matter-of-fact, mature, matured, medieval, mid-victorian, model,
   natural, neat, nondescript, of choice, of other times, of quality,
   old-world, ordinary, out-and-out, outright, paradigmatic, pellucid,
   perfect, perfected, perspicuous, petrified, plain, pleasing,
   polished, positive, precedential, precious, prime, proficient,
   profound, pronounced, proper, prosaic, prosy, prototypal, pure,
   pure and simple, quiet, quintessential, rank, refined, regular,
   representative, restrained, ripe, ripened, round, serious,
   shattering, shocking, simple, standard, stark, stark-staring,
   straightforward, subdued, superannuated, superior, superlative,
   surpassing, tasteful, terse, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing,
   top, top-notch, total, traditional, trim, typical, unaffected,
   unbearable, unconscionable, undeniable, understated, unequivocal,
   unlabored, unmitigated, unobtrusive, unqualified, unrelieved,
   unspoiled, utter, weighty, well-chosen, workaday, workday

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