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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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
Their armies had been drawn up in battalia some days, and the news of a decisive action was expected every hour to arrive at each court.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 by Richardson, Samuel
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
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
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
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