Words Like ACCOLADE
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15 Alternative Words Similar to accolade
10 definitions of accolade
1
A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting of an embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.
2
A brace used to join two or more staves.
3
a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
4
An expression of approval; praise.
5
A special acknowledgment; an award.
6
A ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation.
7
Ceremonial bestowal of knighthood.
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To praise or honor: "His works are invariably accoladed as definitive even as they sparkle and spark” ( Malcolm S. Forbes).
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A ceremony used in conferring knighthood, anciently consisting in an embrace, afterward in giving the candidate a blow upon the shoulder with the flat of a sword, the latter being the present method; hence, the blow itself.
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In music, a brace or couplet connecting several staves. In architecture, an ornament composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle, each concave toward its outer extremity and convex toward the point at which it meets the other.