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Laurel wreath   /lˈɔrəl riθ/   Listen
Laurel wreath

noun
1.
An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.  Synonyms: decoration, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon.
2.
(antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory.  Synonyms: bay wreath, laurel.






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"Laurel wreath" Quotes from Famous Books



... smoke of the battle, in the midst of carnage, fighting for the Banda Oriental? I did not complain of your absence, Calixto—Demetria will tell you that I was patient through all these years, for I knew you would come back to me at last wearing the laurel wreath of victory. And I, Calixto, what have I worn, sitting here? A crown of nettles! Yes, for a hundred years I have worn it—you are my witness, Demetria, my daughter, that I have worn this crown of stinging-nettles for a ...
— The Purple Land • W. H. Hudson

... before Mr. Clemens made his speech, a young woman attired as Joan of Arc, with a page bearing her flag of battle, courtesied reverently and tendered Mr. Clemens a laurel wreath on a satin pillow. He tried to speak, but his voice failed from excess of emotion. "I thank you!" he finally exclaimed, and, pulling him self together, he began ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... ardour kindling in his breast. Then censure not severe the native song, Though jarring sounds the measured verse prolong, Though terms uncouth offend the softer ear, Yet truth and human anguish deign to hear: 80 No laurel wreath these lays attempt to claim, Nor sculptured brass to tell the poet's name. And, lo! the power that wakes the eventful song Hastes hither from Lethean banks along: She sweeps the gloom, and rushing on the sight, Spreads o'er the kindling scene propitious light. ...
— The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer - With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes • Rev. George Gilfillan [Ed.]

... that Kendall Major is about to snatch the laurel wreath from all our heads, and she doesn't want to do without any of ...
— Miss Pat at School • Pemberton Ginther

... way through all perils and difficulties to bring to pass the dreams of thousands of women. The world's standard of success may appear to give the prize to those who collect things, but in reality the crown of victory, the laurel wreath, the tribute beyond all material value, is always reserved for those invisible, intangible qualities ...
— Elsie Inglis - The Woman with the Torch • Eva Shaw McLaren

... old house. It is evidently a public house, for there hangs the sign—"At the Red Crab." Beside this there is a marble tablet fastened above the doorway, which says that Franz Schubert was born in this house. At the right of his name is placed a lyre crowned with a star, and at the left a laurel wreath within which is placed ...
— The World's Great Men of Music - Story-Lives of Master Musicians • Harriette Brower



Words linked to "Laurel wreath" :   Croix de Guerre, Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Oak Leaf Cluster, decoration, laurels, Silver Star, Hellenic Republic, honour, coronal, wreath, ribbon, garland, chaplet, Bronze Star Medal, Navy Cross, accolade, Victoria Cross, Air Medal, antiquity, Order of the Purple Heart, Congressional Medal of Honor, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Distinguished Service Cross, Medal of Honor, Greece, purple heart, award, lei, Bronze Star, Distinguished Service Order, honor, Silver Star Medal, Ellas, Medaille Militaire



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