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Accolade   Listen
noun
Accolade  n.  
1.
A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting of an embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.
2.
(Mus.) A brace used to join two or more staves.





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"Accolade" Quotes from Famous Books



... about five o'clock, came the General. The one who decorates the men. He had no sword, just a riding whip, so he tossed the whip on the bed, for you can't do an accolade with anything but a sword. Just the Medaille Militaire. Not the other one. But the Medaille Militaire carries a pension of a hundred francs a year, so that's something. So the General said, very briefly: "In the name of the Republic of France, ...
— The Backwash of War - The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an - American Hospital Nurse • Ellen N. La Motte
... most courteous and worthy people. I see that they are already forming to continue this debate with us. Form up the bowmen two deep instead of four. By my faith! some very brave men have gone from among us. Aylward, you are a trusty soldier, for all that your shoulder has never felt accolade, nor your heels worn the gold spurs. Do you take charge of the right; I will hold the centre, and you, my ...
— The White Company • Arthur Conan Doyle
... had become only lines of emphasis for this new tranquillity of the eyes; eyes that might have seen a vision of divine accolade and ...
— The Tyranny of Weakness • Charles Neville Buck
... "How Mrs. Wilde will rejoice in you, Miss Swendon! Nature is her specialty. She is coming to call this morning.—Miss Swendon," turning anxiously to the judge, "can have no better sponsor in society than Mrs. Wilde. She only can give the accolade to all aspirants. No amount of money will force an entrance at her doors. There must be blood—blood. 'Swendon?' she said when I spoke to her about this call. 'The Swedish Svens? I remember. Queen Christina's gallant lieutenant was her great-grandfather. Good stock. None better. The ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, October, 1877, Vol. XX. No. 118 • Various
... meters; and will be remarked by all familiar with these sermons in stones scattered all over France as one of the most graceful. Legend attributes it to Gaston Phoebus; but all authorities do not agree as to this. The window-and door-openings, the moldings, the accolade over the entrance doorway, and the machicoulis all denote that they belong to the latter half of the fifteenth century. These, however, may be ...
— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 (of 10) • Various
... gave him a smart ACCOLADE," said the Duchess; "we who stood behind heard the blade clatter on his collar-bone, and the poor man fidgeted too as if ...
— Kenilworth • Sir Walter Scott
... enriching to me. To have such a man, one whose fame was even at this time international, desire an expression of my opinion as to the fitness of his chosen theme, was like feeling on my shoulder the touch of a kingly accolade. ...
— A Son of the Middle Border • Hamlin Garland


Words linked to "Accolade" :   decoration, pennant, Emmy, laurels, palm, letter, seal, medallion, honor, Prix de Rome, commendation, Academy Award, ribbon, citation, medal, honorable mention, mention, symbol, prize, Oscar, varsity letter, academic degree, aliyah, seal of approval, crown, Prix Goncourt, laurel wreath, Nobel prize, honour, degree


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