battalia

[ buh-teyl-yuh, -tahl- ]

noun

, Obsolete.

1. order of battle.
2. an armed or arrayed body of troops.

Word History and Origins

Origin of battalia¹

1585–95; < Italian battaglia body of troops, battle ¹

Example Sentences

His Majesty and a world of company were in the field, and the whole army in battalia; a very glorious sight.

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Below, on the plain, they might also discern the Spanish army drawn up in battalia, awaiting their descent.

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Major-General Morgan set his soldiers to break avenues, for their marching out in battalia likewise.

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Item, six thousand and sixteen Seleucid birds marching in battalia, and picking up straggling grasshoppers in cornfields.

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After this, Bacchus was seen marching in battalia, riding in a stately chariot drawn by six young leopards.

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