Meaning accolade
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accoladea tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction The Nobel Prize, considered one of the highest accolades in literature, is given only to living writers. — Seattle Times (Oct 6, 2011)
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accolade1620s, from French accolade "an embrace, a kiss" (16c.), from Provençal acolada or Italian accollata, ultimately from noun use of a fem. past participle of Vulgar Latin *accollare "to e [..]
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accoladeaward or honor.
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accoladeaward: a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery" In the Middle Ages, the accolade (or dubbing) was the central act in the rite-of-passage c [..]
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accolade(n) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
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accoladeThe touch of a sword on the shoulder in the ceremony of conferring knighthood; originally an embrace or touch by the hand on the neck. (Latin, ad collum, on the neck.)
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accoladeOperational code-name for Allied attempt to capture the Dodecanese Islands in the Agean.
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accolade
An expression of approval; praise.
A special acknowledgment; an award.
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