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triumphal
/tɹaɪˈʌmfəl/
adjective
What it means
- Of, relating to, or being a triumph.
- That celebrates or commemorates a triumph or victory.
Synonyms: triumphant
In a sentence
so near Heaven's door Triumphal with triumphal act have met
1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC
Where it comes from
- Old Frenchtrionfal
- Latintriumphālis
- Middle Englishtriumphal
- Englishtriumphal
From Middle English triumphal, triumphall, tryumphal, from Latin triumphālis and Old French trionfal, triumphal.
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