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Sublime with expectation when to see 
In triumph issuing forth their glorious chief. Milton. 
Victory; conquest. 
Eros has 
Packt cards with Caesar, and false play d my glory 
Unto an enemy’s triumph. Shakspeare. 
Joy for success.— Great triumph and rejoicing was in hea¬ 
ven. Milton. —Show; exhibition of masks; stately pro¬ 
cession. Obsolete. 
Knights and barons bold, 
In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold. Milton. 
A conquering card now called trump. See Trump. 
To TRIUMPH, ». n. [triumpho, Latin; triompher, Fr.] 
This word is always accented in prose on the first syllable, 
but in poetry sometimes on the last.—To celebrate a victory 
with pomp; to rejoice for victory. 
Your victory, alas! begets my fears; 
Can you not then triumph without my tears? Dry den. 
To obtain victory. 
There fix thy faith and triumph o'er the world ; 
For who can help, or who can save besides ? Rowe. 
To insult upon an advantage gained. 
How ill beseeming is it in thy sex 
To triumph, like an Amazonian trull. Shakspeare. 
To TRIUMPH, v. a. To triumph over; to subdue. 
We that, within these fourscore years, were born 
Free, equal lords of the triumphed world. B. Jonson. 
The triumph was the most pompous spectacle known 
among the ancients: authors usually attribute its invention 
to Bacchus, and derive the term from Srpiap^og, one of his 
titles; and tell us, that he first triumphed upon the conquest 
of the Indians; and yet this ceremony was only in use 
among the Romans. 
The triumph was of two kinds, the less and the greater. 
The less triumph was granted upon a victory over some 
unequal and unworthy enemy, as over pirates, slaves, &c. 
This they called ovatio, because the only sacrifices offered in 
it were sheep. 
The greater triumph, called also curulis, and simply the 
triumph, was decreed by the senate to a general upon the 
conquering of a province, or gaining a single battle. The 
order and economy of the triumph were thus:—The general 
having dispatched couriers with tidings of his success, the 
senate met in Bellona’s temple to read the letters: this done, 
they send him the title Imperator, with orders for him to 
return, and bring his victorious troops along with him. 
When he was arrived near the city, the general and prin¬ 
cipal officers took oath of the truth of the victory; and the 
day of triumph was appointed. 
The day being arrived, the senate went to meet the con¬ 
queror without the gate called Capena, or Triumphalis, and 
marched in order before him to the Capitol. He -was richly 
clad in a purple robe, embroidered with figures of gold, 
setting forth his glorious achievements; his buskins were be¬ 
set with pearl, and he wore a crown, which at first was only 
laurel, but afterwards was gold; in one hand he bore a 
laurel branch, and in the other a truncheon. He was drawn 
in a car, or chariot, adorned with ivory and plates of gold, 
drawn usually by two white horses; though sometimes by 
other animals, as that of Pompey, when he triumphed over 
Africa, by elephants; that of Mark Antony, by lions; that 
of Heliogabalus, by tigers; that of Aurelian, by deer; and 
that of Nero, by hermaphrodite mares, &c. 
At his feet were his children, or sometimes on the chariot- 
horses. It is added, that the public executioner was behind 
him, to remind him, from time to time, that these honours 
were transitory, and would not screen him from the severity 
of the laws, if he should ever be found delinquent. 
The cavalcade was led up by the musicians, who had 
crowns on their heads; after them came several chariots, in 
which were plans of the cities and countries subdued, done 
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in relievo: they were followed by the spoils taken from the 
enemy, their horses, arms, gold, silver, machines, tents, &c. 
After these came the kings, princes, or generals subdued, 
loaded with chains, and followed by mimics and buffoons, 
who insulted over their misfortunes. Next came the officers 
of the conquering troops, with crowns on their heads. 
After these appeared the triumphal chariot, before which, 
as it passed, they all along strewed flowers, and the music 
played in praise of the conqueror amidst the loud acclama¬ 
tions of the people, crying Io triumphs! 
The chariot was followed by the senate, clad in white 
robes; and the senate by such citizeus as had been set at 
liberty or ransomed. 
The procession was closed by the priests, and their officers 
and utensils, with a white ox led along for the chief victim. 
In this order they proceeded through the triumphal gate, 
along the Via Sacra, to the Capitol, where the victims were 
slain. 
In the mean time all the temples were open, and all the 
altars loaden with offerings and incense; games and com¬ 
bats were celebrated in the public places, and rejoicings 
appeared every where. 
TRIU'MPHAL, adj. [triumphalis, Lat.] Used in ce¬ 
lebrating victory. 
Ye—so near heaven's door, 
Triumphal with triumphal act have met. Milton . 
TRIU'MPHAL, s. [triumphalia , Lat. triumphal orna¬ 
ments.] A token of victory. Not in use. 
He to his crew that sat consulting brought 
(Joyless triumphals of his hop’d success,) 
Ruin, and desperation, and dismay. Milton. 
TRIU'MPHANT, adj. [; triumphans, Lat.] Celebrating 
a victory.—Captives bound to a triumphant car. Shak¬ 
speare. —Rejoicing as for victory. 
Think you, but that I know' our state secure, 
I would be so triumphant as I am ? Shakspeare. 
Victorious; graced with conquest. 
He speedily' through all the hierarchies 
Intends to pass triumphant, and give laws. Milton. 
TRIU'MPHANTLY, adv. In a triumphant manner in 
token of victory; joyfully as for victory. 
Through armed ranks triumphantly she drives, 
And with one glance commands ten thousand lives. 
Granville. 
Victoriously; with success. 
Thou must, as a foreign recreant, be led 
With manicles along our streets; or else 
Triumphantly tread on thy country’s ruin, 
And bear the palm. Shakspeare. 
With insolent exultation.—A mighty governing lye goes 
round the world, and has almost banished truth out of it; 
and so reigning triumphantly in his stead, is the source of 
most of those confusions that plague the universe. South. 
TRIU'MPHER, s. One who triumphs.—August was de¬ 
dicated to Augustus by the senate, because in the same month 
he was the first time created consul, and thrice triumpher in 
Rome. Peacham. 
TRIUMPHO DE LA CRUZ, a cape on the coast of Hon¬ 
duras. Lat. 15. 56. N. long. 88. 25. W. 
TRIU'MVIRATE, or Triu'mviri, s. [ triumviratus or 
triumviri, Lat.] A coalition or concurrence of three men. 
With these the Pierciesthem confederate, 
And, as three heads, conjoin in one intent, 
And instituting a triumvirate, 
Do part the land in triple government. Daniel. 
TRI'UNE, adj. [ t.res and unus, Lat.] At once three and 
one.—We read in Scripture of a triune Deity, of God made 
flesh in the womb of a virgin, and crucified by the Jews. 
Burnet. 
TRIXIS [from for rpnro-o? tripled ], in Botany, a 
genus of the class syngenesis, order polygamia necessaria, 
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