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vexillary, n. and a.|ˈvɛksɪlərɪ|
Also 7 vexiliarie.
[ad. L. vexillāri-us standard-bearer, etc., f. vexillum standard, vexillum.]
A. n.
a. One of the oldest class of veterans in the Roman army, serving under a special standard.
b. A Roman standard-bearer.
1591Savile Tacitus, Hist. ii. xviii. 63 Three Prætorian cohortes, and a thousand Vexillaries. Ibid. c. 111 With the Vexillaries of the three British Legions. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vi. xi. §7. 84 The Vexillaries of three British Legions followed Vitellius in his Expedition against the Illyrian Army. 1656Blount Glossogr. 1793A. Murphy Tacitus (1805) V. 220 In the left wing were placed the vexillaries of the thirteenth legion. 1872Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 1172 In letters like to those the vexillary Hath left crag-carven o'er the streaming Gelt.
B. adj.
†1. vexillary soldier, = prec. a. Obs.—1
1598R. Grenewey Tacitus, Ann. i. ix. (1622) 16 Certaine vexiliarie souldiers which continued vnder ensignes, and were placed for a guard to the countrey.
2. Bot. Of estivation: (see quot.).
1832Lindley Introd. Bot. 411 Vexillary, when one piece is much larger than the others, and is folded over them, they being arranged face to face. |