olive crown


noun
  1. (esp in ancient Greece and Rome) a garland of olive leaves awarded as a token of victory

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How to use olive crown in a sentence

  • In this case public opinion will no longer be feared, and an olive crown will be more valued than a purple mantle.

    The Aesthetical Essays | Friedrich Schiller
  • The oil produced is of a superior quality, and leads the sanguine to believe that the olive crown will yet rest upon our brows.

  • In his hand is a branch of olive, and on his brow an olive crown.

  • Each of them has an olive crown fastened around his forehead by a figured medallion.

    The Temptation of St. Antony | Gustave Flaubert
  • Yes, the hand that now weaves the roses should have woven thee the olive crown!'

    The Last Days of Pompeii | Edward George Bulwer-Lytton