mural crown

American  

noun

1. 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.

2. Also called mural coronet.  Heraldry. a representation of an embattled coronet, often appearing on municipal arms.

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Other Word Forms

• murally
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of mural crown

First recorded in 1540–50

Example Sentences

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mural crown

His Roman badges - mural crown, centurion, praetor - glittered on his shirt collar.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

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

America, personified as an Indian queen, standing, and having at her feet a bow, an alligator, and the American shield, presents to General Wayne a laurel and a mural crown.

From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand

Another aspect of her character is that of a warlike goddess, armed with spear or bow, sometimes wearing a mural crown, as sovereign lady and protectress of the locality where she was worshipped.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

I may but fill a ditch for a better to mount upon and win the mural crown.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper