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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Taken as or relating to the spoils of war; funded from the spoils of war (especially in the Roman Empire). not-comparable

   "Ah where’s thy manubial glory of yore, The hall’s bright bedeckment of beauty?"

Synonyms

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lootedplundered

Example

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"Ah where’s thy manubial glory of yore, The hall’s bright bedeckment of beauty?"

Etymology

From Latin manubialis from manubiae (“money obtained from the sale of booty, plunder”).

Related phrases

roman empire

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