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triumph /trīˈəmf/ noun- Complete or notable victory or achievement
- Exultation for success
- In ancient Rome, a solemn procession in honour of a victorious general
- A pageant
- Festivity (obsolete)
- Pomp, observance (obsolete)
- A captive led in triumph (Milton)
- A trump (cards; obsolete)
intransitive verb- To celebrate a victory with pomp
- To rejoice for victory
- To obtain victory, prevail (often with over)
- To exult, insult (often with over)
- To show in glory (Shakespeare)
transitive verb (Milton)To triumph over ORIGIN: L triumphus; related to Gr thriambos a hymn to Bacchus triumphal /trī-umfˈl/ adjective - Relating to triumph
- Used in celebrating victory
noun (Milton)A token of victory triumphˈalism noun An attitude of righteous pride and self-congratulation in the defeat of an opponent triumphˈalist adjective and noun triumphˈant adjective - Celebrating or having achieved a triumph
- Exultant
- Transcendent in glory (Shakespeare)
- Triumphal (Shakespeare)
triumphˈantly adverb triˈumpher noun triumphˈery (Shakespeare) see under triumvir triˈumphing noun and adjective triumphal arch noun - An arch erected in connection with the triumph of a Roman general
- Any decorative arch in public rejoicings, etc
church triumphant see under church triumvir /trī-umˈvər, trē-ŭmˈvir/ noun (pl triumˈvirī or triumˈvirs)- Each of three men in the same office or government
- Each of three sharing supreme power
ORIGIN: L triumvir, from the genitive pl trium virōrum of three men triumˈviral adjective triumˈvirate (obsolete triumˈviry; Shakespeare triumˈphery) noun - An association of three men in office or government, or for any political ends, specif that of Pompey, Crassus and Caesar (60BC), and that of Octavian (Augustus), Mark Antony and Lepidus (43BC)
- The rank or office of triumvir
- Any trio or triad
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