mural crown
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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.
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Also called mural coronet. Heraldry. a representation of an embattled coronet, often appearing on municipal arms.
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Etymology
Origin of mural crown
First recorded in 1540–50
Example Sentences
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His Roman badges - mural crown, centurion, praetor - glittered on his shirt collar.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
The nectaries are more elongated than the garden columbines, and form a sort of mural crown, surmounted with little balls at the tips.
From The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America by Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland
We will interpret this, as it is no longer the fashion to understand German, especially in Prague: "the most precious jewel in the mural crown of this earth."
From From a Terrace in Prague by Baker, Lieut.-Col. B. Granville
His battery of artillery had received a mural crown as honorary decoration for its guns in reward for its good work at Jalalabad in the first Afghan war.
From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert
Oh manly and majestic Rome, thy sevenfold mural crown, all broken at thy feet, why art thou here?
From Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Parker, Theodore
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