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Valʹlary Crown

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A crown bestowed by the ancient Romans on the soldier who first surmounted the vallum of an enemy’s camp.

 

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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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Valentia
Valentine
Valentinians
Valerian or Valirian
Valerian (the herb)
Valhalla
Valiant (The)
Valise
Valkyriur or Valkyries
Valla (Laurentius)
Vallary Crown
Valley of Humiliation
Valley of the Shadow of Death
Vallombrosa
Valorem
Vamp
Vampire
Van
Van (pl. Vanir)
Vandal
Vandyck