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Definition: Obsidional crown
Obsidional
\Ob*sid"i*o*nal\, a. [L. obsidionalis, from obsidio a
siege, obsidere to besiege: cf. F. obsidional. See
Obsess.]
Of or pertaining to a siege.
[1913 Webster]
Obsidional crown (Rom. Antiq.), a crown bestowed upon a
general who raised the siege of a beleaguered place, or
upon one who held out against a siege.
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