Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Triumph (-s)
triumph (-s), n. [OFr triumphe.] (webplay: coronation, heads, procession, victory, laurel, vanquish).
- Music for a ceremony performed in honor of a hero, originally crowned with laurel in ancient Rome; [fig.] chorus that accompanies the entrance of a mortal into heaven.
- Elation; rapture.
- Victory; conquest.
- Joy; exultation for success.
- Celebration; pomp.
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