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Accolade   Listen
noun
Accolade  n.  
1.
A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting of an embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.
2.
(Mus.) A brace used to join two or more staves.





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"Accolade" Quotes from Famous Books



... you no thanks, Colin," said Frank, "for having broached my secret: but I have lost nothing after all. There is still an order of knighthood in which I may win my spurs, even though her majesty refuse me the accolade." ...
— Westward Ho! • Charles Kingsley
... was in England, and the University of Cambridge made him Master of Arts. The sword used by the king at the time he gave the accolade is still ...
— Pictures Every Child Should Know • Dolores Bacon
... Spain. 'He hath demanded Drake's head of me,' she laughed aloud, 'and here I have a gilded sword to strike it off.' With that she bade Drake kneel. Then, handing the sword to Marchaumont, the special envoy of her French suitor, Francis of Anjou, she ordered him to give the accolade. This done, she pronounced the formula of immemorial fame: I bid thee ...
— Elizabethan Sea Dogs • William Wood


Words linked to "Accolade" :   Oscar, Emmy, pennant, degree, mention, aliyah, medallion, academic degree, seal of approval, letter, varsity letter, crown, seal, award, palm, decoration, Prix Goncourt, Prix de Rome, cachet, commendation, symbol


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