英语词汇“obsidional crown”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. Of or relating to a siege; spec. designating a wreath of grass or weeds conferred as a mark of honour upon a Roman general who raised a siege, esp. in obsidional crown, or designating coins struck, or another object serving the purpose of a coin, in a besieged town as a substitute for regular coins.In quot. 1973 figurative.

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society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [adjective]

obsidional?a1439

poliorcetic1744

obsessional1857

society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > decorations or orders > crowns and wreaths

naval crown?a1439

civil crowna1522

civic garland1542

obsidional crown1546

oval1614

civic crown1649

olive crown1679

crown-mure1682

rostral crown1686

stephane1847

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [adjective] > used during a siege

obsidional1809

obsidionarya1816

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. 249 (MED) Lik ther desertis thes crouns took ther names, For summe of them wer callid Tryumphal..Othir also callid Obsidional In Romeyn tunge.

1494 Loutfut MS f. 124^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at (Obsid-), Obsedionall The crowne triumphall, the crownne obsedionall, the crownne murall.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 255 Corona obsidionalis, a garlande obsidionall.

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke ii. xi. f. 55^v Obsidionall croune y^t was worne of him that deliuered a citee besieged & was made of Grasse.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxii. vi. 117 Scipio surnamed Æmilianus, was honoured with an Obsidionall Coronet in Affricke..for saving three cohorts besieged.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) ii. 91 Their honorary Crowns triumphal, ovary, civical, obsidional, had little of Flowers in them.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. xii. 577 An Obsidional Crown; which though made onely of the common grass,..was esteemed the noblest reward of military glory.

1809 Q. Rev. 1 127 The obsidional coinage of Charles the first.

1871 Ladies' Repository June 438/2 Between green palms the triumphal, mural, and obsidional—grass—crowns are interwoven.

1884 H. Frith tr. P. Daryl Public Life in Eng. 43 The idea of sending obsidional letters by balloons.

1973 Early Amer. Lit. Winter 248 That obsidional mentality of the seventeenth century which accounted for many religious and political aspects of life and thought in New England.

1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 30 All around the city, soldiers in vari-colored garb dragged obsidional machines among groups of tents.

单词	obsidional crown
释义	> as lemmas obsidional crown 1. Of or relating to a siege; spec. designating a wreath of grass or weeds conferred as a mark of honour upon a Roman general who raised a siege, esp. in obsidional crown, or designating coins struck, or another object serving the purpose of a coin, in a besieged town as a substitute for regular coins.In quot. 1973 figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [adjective] obsidional?a1439 poliorcetic1744 obsessional1857 society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > decorations or orders > crowns and wreaths naval crown?a1439 civil crowna1522 civic garland1542 obsidional crown1546 oval1614 civic crown1649 olive crown1679 crown-mure1682 rostral crown1686 stephane1847 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [adjective] > used during a siege obsidional1809 obsidionarya1816 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. 249 (MED) Lik ther desertis thes crouns took ther names, For summe of them wer callid Tryumphal..Othir also callid Obsidional In Romeyn tunge. 1494 Loutfut MS f. 124^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at (Obsid-), Obsedionall The crowne triumphall, the crownne obsedionall, the crownne murall. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 255 Corona obsidionalis, a garlande obsidionall. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke ii. xi. f. 55^v Obsidionall croune y^t was worne of him that deliuered a citee besieged & was made of Grasse. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxii. vi. 117 Scipio surnamed Æmilianus, was honoured with an Obsidionall Coronet in Affricke..for saving three cohorts besieged. a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) ii. 91 Their honorary Crowns triumphal, ovary, civical, obsidional, had little of Flowers in them. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. xii. 577 An Obsidional Crown; which though made onely of the common grass,..was esteemed the noblest reward of military glory. 1809 Q. Rev. 1 127 The obsidional coinage of Charles the first. 1871 Ladies' Repository June 438/2 Between green palms the triumphal, mural, and obsidional—grass—crowns are interwoven. 1884 H. Frith tr. P. Daryl Public Life in Eng. 43 The idea of sending obsidional letters by balloons. 1973 Early Amer. Lit. Winter 248 That obsidional mentality of the seventeenth century which accounted for many religious and political aspects of life and thought in New England. 1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 30 All around the city, soldiers in vari-colored garb dragged obsidional machines among groups of tents. extracted from obsidionaladj. < as lemmas
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