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

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

The coinage of the city begins in the 4th century B.C. with an Aramaic series, showing the goddess, either as a bust with mural crown or as riding on a lion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

She appears on coins, in painting and in all forms of sculpture, usually with mural crown and veil, well draped, seated on a throne, and accompanied by two lions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

We first see from the north a solid block capped with a mural crown of three peaks.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir