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legion
English
Etymology
Attested (in Middle English, as legioun) around 1200, from Old French legion, from Latin legi?, legionem, from leg? (“to gather, collect”); akin to legend, lecture.
Generalized sense of “a large number” is due to (inaccurate) translations of allusive phrase in Mark 5:9.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?li?d??n/
- Rhymes: -i?d??n
Adjective
legion (not comparable)
- Numerous; vast; very great in number
- Synonyms: multitudinous, numerous
Translations
Noun
legion (plural legions)
- (military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
- Meronyms: cohort, maniple, century
- (military, obsolete) A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery.
- Coordinate terms: combat team, regimental combat team, brigade combat team
- (military) A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
- (often Legion or the Legion) A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion.
- A large number of people; a multitude.
- Synonyms: host, mass, multitude, sea, throng
- (often plural) A great number.
- (dated, taxonomy) A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.
Coordinate terms
- (military unit): fireteam, section, troop, squad, platoon, company, battalion, regiment, brigade, division, corps, wing, army, army group
Related terms
- legionary
- legionnaire
Derived terms
- superlegion
- sublegion
- infralegion
Translations
Verb
legion (third-person singular simple present legions, present participle legioning, simple past and past participle legioned)
- (transitive) To form into legions.
Quotations
Further reading
- Roman legion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- legion (taxonomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- legion (demons) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- legion in popular culture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Anagrams
- eloign, longie, ogle-in
Danish
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.
Noun
legion c (singular definite legionen, plural indefinite legioner)
- legion
Declension
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le??ion/
- Hyphenation: le?gi?on
- Rhymes: -ion
Noun
legion
- accusative singular of legio
Middle French
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le??jõ?/
Noun
legion f (plural legions)
- (military) legion
Descendants
- French: légion
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.
Noun
legion m (definite singular legionen, indefinite plural legioner, definite plural legionene)
- legion
Further reading
- “legion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.
Noun
legion m (definite singular legionen, indefinite plural legionar, definite plural legionane)
- legion
Further reading
- “legion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l???.j?n/
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
legion m inan
- legion
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.
Noun
legion c
- legion
Declension
Anagrams
- logien
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convocation
English
Etymology
From Middle English convocacioun, from Old French convocation, from Latin convocatio, convocationem.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
convocation (countable and uncountable, plural convocations)
- The act of calling or assembling by summons.
- An assembly or meeting.
- An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
- An academic assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted.
Coordinate terms
- (academic assembly): commencement
Related terms
- convoke
- convocate
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin convocatio, convocationem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.v?.ka.sj??/
Noun
convocation f (plural convocations)
- convocation
Related terms
- convoquer
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