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Olʹive Branches

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Children of a parent. It is a Scripture term: “Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine … thy children like olive plants round about thy table” (Psalm cxxviii. 3).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Oldcastle (Sir John)
Oldenburg Horn
Oldest Nation
Oleum Adde Camino
Olibrius (An)
Olifaunt
Oligarchy [olly-gar-ky]
Olindo
Olio or Oglio
Olive
Olive Branches
Oliver
Oliver or Olivier
Olivetans
Olivia
Olla Podrida
Ollapod
Olympia (in Orlando Furioso)
Olympiad
Olympian Jove
Olympic Games