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Archaism: Use of a word or a style of writing which has already been old-fashioned. For example: Lord, thou hast examined.me and knowest me. Thou knowest all, whether I sit down or rise up; thou hast discerned my thoughts from afar. Thou hast traced my journey and my resting places, and art familiar with all my paths. (The Bible; "Psalms" - 139) Here the words "thou" for you, "knowest" for know, "art" for are and "hast" for has are archaic words. A modern writer uses archaic words to add grandeur to his writing. Coleridge uses it in many lines of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". In the first line of the following quotation there are two examples: He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast.