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DespoliationDespoliation De*spo`li*a"tion, n. [L. despoliatio. See
Despoil.]
A stripping or plundering; spoliation. --Bailey. ExspoliationExspoliation Ex*spo`li*a"tion, n. [L. exspoliatio, fr.
exspoliare to spoil, to plunder; ex out, from + spoliare. See
Spoliate.]
Spoliation. [Obs. or R.] --Bp. Hall. SpoliateSpoliate Spo"li*ate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Spoliated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Spoliating.] [L. spoliatus, p. p. of spoliare
spoil. See Spoil, v. t.]
To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob. SpoliatedSpoliate Spo"li*ate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Spoliated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Spoliating.] [L. spoliatus, p. p. of spoliare
spoil. See Spoil, v. t.]
To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob. SpoliatingSpoliate Spo"li*ate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Spoliated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Spoliating.] [L. spoliatus, p. p. of spoliare
spoil. See Spoil, v. t.]
To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob. SpoliationSpoliation Spo`li*a"tion, n. [L. spoliatio; cf. F. spoliation.
See Spoil, v. t.]
1. The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.
Legal spoliation, which will impoverish one part of
the community in order to corrupt the remainder.
--Sir G. C.
Lewis.
2. Robbery or plunder in war; especially, the authorized act
or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.
3. (Eccl. Law)
(a) The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his
benefice without right, but under a pretended title.
--Blackstone.
(b) A process for possession of a church in a spiritual
court.
4. (Law) Injury done to a document. Spoliative
Spoliative Spo"li*a*tive, a. [Cf. F. spoliatif.]
Serving to take away, diminish, or rob; esp. (Med.), serving
to diminish sensibily the amount of blood in the body; as,
spoliative bloodletting.
Spoliator
Spoliator Spo"li*a`tor, n.
One who spoliates; a spoiler.
Spoliatory
Spoliatory Spo"li*a*to*ry, a.
Tending to spoil; destructive; spoliative.
Meaning of Spolia from wikipedia
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Spolia (Latin for 'spoils'; sg.: spolium) are
stones taken from an old
structure and
repurposed for new
construction or
decorative purposes. It is the...
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spolia opima (Latin for 'rich spoils') were the armour, arms, and
other effects that an
ancient Roman general stripped from the body of an opposing...
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Spolia (spoils) is a
Latin word that
occurs in the
following contexts:
Spolia,
building rubble re-used
Spoils of
victory Spolia opima,
armour and arms...
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Marcellus gained the most
prestigious award a
Roman general could earn, the
spolia opima, for
killing the
Gallic king
Viridomarus in
single combat in 222 BC...
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Salmacida Spolia was the last
masque performed at the
English Court before the
outbreak of the
English Civil War.
Written by Sir
William Davenant, with...
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single combat, and was
likely the
fourth and
final Roman to
achieve the
spolia opima (for
taking the
armor and
weapons of an
enemy king
after defeating...
- is
famous for
being the
second Roman,
after Romulus, to be
awarded the
spolia opima, Rome's
highest military honour, for
killing the
commander of an enemy...
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architectural elements from
ancient Egyptian monuments were
often used as
spolia for
later constructions. A
number of
medieval mosques, for example, incorporate...
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result of the
merger of
Annals of the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya,
Spolia Zeylanica, and
Bulletin of the
Ceylon Fisheries. The
journal had several...
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Although substantially ruined by
earthquakes and
stone robbers taking spolia, the
Colosseum is
still a
renowned symbol of
Imperial Rome and was listed...
