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double achievement

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noun

Heraldry.

  1. a representation of the arms of a husband beside those of his wife such that a difference of rank between them is shown.

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That they have nobly succeeded in this difficult double achievement is an actual triumph.

From The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Art of the Panama-Pacific international exposition by Perry, Stella George Stern

He gained great glory from this double achievement, as he appeared to have won one battle by courage and the other by generalship.

From Plutarch's Lives Volume III. by Stewart, Aubrey

Ninety thousand pounds was a small price to pay for the double achievement of reconciling a model State and wiping out a stain upon England's honour.

From The Life of Froude by Paul, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield)

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