Triumphal
[traɪ'ʌmf(ə)l] or [traɪ'ʌmfl]
Definition
(adj.) relating to or celebrating a triumph; 'a triumphal procession'; 'a triumphal arch' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to triumph; used in a triumph; indicating, or in honor of, a triumph or victory; as, a triumphal crown; a triumphal arch.
(n.) A token of victory.
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Examples
- Laurie was equally impracticable, and would have had bonfires, skyrockets, and triumphal arches, if he had had his own way. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Triumphal arches, the falling walls of many temples, strewed the ground at my feet. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Garlands and triumphal arches were hung across the road to welcome the young bride. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- His progress to Paris was a triumphal procession; he walked on white Bourbon cockades. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then come drums, trumpets, thunders of artillery, and groans of the dying, and at last, in a grand triumphal swell, God Save the King is performed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- At the door her sisters seized and bore her to the parlor in a triumphal procession, all pointing and all saying at once, Look there! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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