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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We marched on to Saluzzo, and the next day the Duke of Savoy presented himself in battalia on the other side of a small river, giving us a fair challenge to pass and engage him.
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-armed archers far and near Surveyed the tangled ground, Their center ranks, with pike and spear, A twilight forest frowned, Their barded horsemen, in the rear, 405 The stern battalia crowned.
From Lady of the Lake by Moody, William Vaughn
I saw nothing of the kind; no show of ordered lines, no battalia drilling, no picquets, outposts, or sentinels.
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.
The camp of this main body of cavalry or "battalia" as the body on whom the commander of our army chiefly relied for victory was called, was comparatively still and silent.
From By England's Aid or the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604) by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
After this, Bacchus was seen marching in battalia, riding in a stately chariot drawn by six young leopards.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
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