garland
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈɡɑːrlənd/
- Archaic
:
florilegio
- For a fuller explanation, see Jo Renee Formicola, The Catholic Church and Human Rights (New York: Garland, 1988).
Examples
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The Martyrdom of Polycarp, for example, depicts its hero upon his death as "crowned with the garland of immortality and the winner of an incontestable prize."
Academic text (2006) -
LeMaster, J. R., and James D. Wilson, eds. The Mark Twain Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1993.
Academic text (1993) -
On the walls hung garlands of dried apples, onions, and corn.
Fiction book (1995) -
One minute they are heaping garlands on the tech industry with TechCity proposals and the like.
Blog text (31) -
Rosenkrantz, Barbara Gutmann. From Consumption to Tuberculosis: A Documentary History. New York: Garland, 1994. Print.
Academic text (2014) -
I also make use of Michael Drayton's The Shepheards Garland (1593), which revisits much of the material of the Calender and several of its poetic forms.
Academic text (2005) -
The poetry anthology was a beautiful garland of lyrical works by various authors.
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In the library, we found a garland of short stories that captivated readers of all ages.
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Her collection included a garland of ballads that showcased the rich tradition of folk music.
Synonyms
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A book of poems, stories, or short writings by different writers
A published collection of short stories or poems
A collection of short written pieces like poems or stories
A collection of short writings like poems or stories by different authors
A collection of short selected parts from an author's writings
A small cheap booklet from past centuries with folk stories or songs
Compounds
- US
A medium-sized tree from the eastern United States with pink blossoms and small yellow fruit
A low evergreen shrub often grown in gardens for its sweet-smelling pink or deep rose flowers
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Garland was also used for a small book or collection of poems because people pictured a book as a 'wreath' of short pieces, each piece like a flower. A helpful way to remember this meaning is to imagine a book made of bright little poems, so a garland can mean a group of short literary pieces.