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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Chapter 5.XXXIX.—How we saw Bacchus's army drawn up in battalia in mosaic work.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
Below, on the plain, they might also discern the Spanish army drawn up in battalia, awaiting their descent.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter
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
Item, six thousand and sixteen Seleucid birds marching in battalia, and picking up straggling grasshoppers in cornfields.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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