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mural crown
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noun
a golden crown formed with indentations to resemble a battlement, bestowed by the ancient Romans on the soldiers who first mounted the wall of a besieged place and there lodged a standard.
Also called mural coronet. Heraldry. a representation of an embattled coronet, often appearing on municipal arms.
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Origin of mural crown
First recorded in 1540–50
OTHER WORDS FROM mural crown
mu·ral·ly, adverbWords nearby mural crown
Mur, mura, muraenid, murage, mural, mural crown, muraled, mural endocarditis, muralism, muralist, Muralitharan
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