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manubial column

[ muh-noo-bee-uhl, -nyoo- ]

noun

  1. a triumphal column decorated with spoils of the enemy.
  2. any triumphal or memorial column.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of manubial column1

1840–50; < Latin manubiālis, equivalent to manubi ( ae ) spoils of war + -ālis -al 1

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