olive crown
Britishnoun
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Plus a poem, a song, and perhaps an olive crown.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
But only one can win the olive crown.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2013
The wearer of the olive crown was carried home like a king, with processions and songs of triumph, and all his life afterward he was a privileged and honored person.
From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 25, April 29, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various
An ox went before them with gilded horns, and an olive crown was on his head.
From Hebrew Literature by Wilson, Epiphanius
In his hand is a branch of olive, and on his brow an olive crown.
From Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition by Hutton, Edward
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