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battalia

[ buh-teyl-yuh, -tahl- ]

noun

, Obsolete.
  1. order of battle.
  2. an armed or arrayed body of troops.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of battalia1

1585–95; < Italian battaglia body of troops, battle 1

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Example Sentences

His Majesty and a world of company were in the field, and the whole army in battalia; a very glorious sight.

Below, on the plain, they might also discern the Spanish army drawn up in battalia, awaiting their descent.

Major-General Morgan set his soldiers to break avenues, for their marching out in battalia likewise.

Item, six thousand and sixteen Seleucid birds marching in battalia, and picking up straggling grasshoppers in cornfields.

After this, Bacchus was seen marching in battalia, riding in a stately chariot drawn by six young leopards.

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