"battalia" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: battalias [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia (“military exercises”), from Latin battuō (“to strike, beat”), from Gaulish. Doublet of battle. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|battālia}} Late Latin battālia, {{der|en|la|battuō||to strike, beat}} Latin battuō (“to strike, beat”), {{der|en|cel-gau|-}} Gaulish, {{doublet|en|battle}} Doublet of battle Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} battalia (countable and uncountable, plural battalias)
  1. (obsolete, uncountable) Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops or of a naval force, ready for action. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-battalia-en-noun-7Au5owKW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3
  2. (obsolete, countable) An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body of the army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear. Tags: countable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-battalia-en-noun-BFbvUGPL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: battalia pie

Inflected forms

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