triumphal meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

triumphal

adj

/tɹaɪˈʌmfəl/

Etymology From Middle English triumphal, triumphall, tryumphal, from Latin triumphālis and Old French trionfal, triumphal.

Of, relating to, or being a triumph.

That celebrates or commemorates a triumph or victory.

Synonyms: triumphant
Derived terms: triumphal arch, triumphal entry, triumphalism, triumphalist, triumphalistic, triumphally

noun

Etymology From Middle English triumphal, triumphall, tryumphal, from Latin triumphālis and Old French trionfal, triumphal.

Obsolete A token of victory.

so near Heaven's door Triumphal with triumphal act have met1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC: