triumphal

& 8. [Latin triumphal is, from triumph us =a triumph; Fr. triomphal; Sp.triunfal; Ital. friunfale, trionfale.] A. As adj .: Of or pertaining to a triumph; commemorating or used in celebrating a triumph or victory. "They bore him aloft in triumphal proce ion." Long fellow: Evangeline, ii. 3. *B. As subst.: A token of victory; insignia of a triumph. ( Milton : P. R. , iv. 577.) triumphal-arch, s . Architecture : 1. An edifice erected by the Romans in various situations, but more especially at the entrance to a city, at first in honor of victorious generals, and, in later times, of the Emperors. These structures were originally of brick, but afterward of stone or marble; their form was that of a parallelopiped on, having one central arch, often with a smaller one on each side. They were decorated with col and other embel umns, sculptures, lishments, the whole being sur mounted with a heavy attic. Under the Emperors many triumphal arches of costly material were erected. The oldest in Rome is that of Titus, erected on the occasion of his triumph after the conquest of Jerusa lem (A. D. 70). It is IMG:content-1477.png:[graphic][merged small] remarkable as containing a representation of the golden candlestick of the Herodian temple. [BAS RELIEF.] Of modern triumphal arches the finest are the Arc de Triomphe or Arc de l'Etoile, at the western extremity of the Champs Elysées, Paris, commenced by Napoleon in 1806, and finished by Louis Philippe thirty years later; the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin (1789-93); and the Arco dell a Pace, in Milan. 2. A temporary arch set up in token of welcome to a royal personage or succe ful warrior, . triumphal-column, subst . An insulated column erected by the Romans in commemoration of a vic torious general to whom triumph had been decreed. triumphal-crown, s. A laurel crown awarded by the Romans to a victorious general. tri-um-phant, * tri-um-phaunt, * try-umphaunte, a. [Lat. triumph ans , pr. par. of trium. photo triumph; Fr. triomphant ; Sp. triunfante ; Ital. trionfante .] *1. Used in, pertaining to, or commemorating a triumph or victory; triumphal. "Make triumphant fires." triumphantly 2. Victorious; graced or crowned with victory or succe . ( Cowper : Hope , 166.) 3. Rejoicing or exulting for victory, or as for victory; triumphing; exultant. "Think you, but that I know our state secure, I would be so triumphant as I am?" *4. Noble, notable. "Wherof kyng Edwarde Shakesp.: Richard III ., iii. 2. gaue to the sayde Scottys batayll, & of them had tryumphaunte victor ye." Fabyan: Cronycle (an. 1331). *5. Glorious; of supreme magnificence and beauty. (Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , ii. 2.) tri-um-phant-lý, *tri-um-phaunt-ly, adverb. [Eng. triumphant; -iy.] 1. In a triumphant manner; in the manner of a victorious conqueror; like a victor; as becomes a victor or triumph. "Christ ascended Triumphantly, from star to star." Long fellow: Golden Legend, ii. 2. With insolent triumph or exaltation. "Or did I bragge and boast triumphantly , As who should saye the field were mine that daye?" Gas coigne: Lookes of a Louer forsaken . 8. Festively; with rejoicing or exultation. "Dance in Duke These us' house triumphantly." Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream, iv. 1.