battalia
Americannoun
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order of battle.
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an armed or arrayed body of troops.
Etymology
Origin of battalia
1585–95; < Italian battaglia body of troops, battle 1
Example Sentences
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Thus, in battalia, march embodied ants, Fearful of winter, and of future wants, T' invade the corn, and to their cells convey The plunder'd forage of their yellow prey.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
Both armies being drawn out in battalia, that of the King's, trusting to their numbers, began to charge with great fury, but without any order.
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings by Swift, Jonathan
The king drew up his army in battalia, in person, and faced them all the next day, inviting them to renew the fight; but they had no stomach to come on again.
From Memoirs of a Cavalier A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. by Defoe, Daniel
Their light-arm'd archers far and near Survey'd the tangled ground, Their centre ranks, with pike and spear, A twilight forest frown'd, Their barbèd horsemen, in the rear, The stern battalia crown'd.
From Sir Walter Scott (English Men of Letters Series) by Hutton, Richard Holt
L. battalia, battualia, the fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators, fr. batuere to strike, beat.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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