(n.) A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.
(n.) A brace used to join two or more staves.
Example Sentences:
(1) The work, The Spear, by Brett Murray, unleashed a brouhaha that has hogged headlines for more than a week in South Africa and earned that inexhaustible accolade "painting-gate".
(2) And that’s very unusual, for a so-called serious composer, to write a piece that people like so much, and they don’t care who it’s by.” Anonymity in your own lifetime – the ultimate accolade for a contemporary classical composer.
(3) But Y Polyn does win accolades for robust country cooking and down-at-home style.
(4) Their accolade came on the day they were announced as the headline act at the 2012 Olympics closing celebration concert in Hyde Park.
(5) The NFU Mutual, which won the accolade of being Which?
(6) For whatever accolades are dished out, the hard graft of science continues.
(7) Admittedly the winner was Bradley Wiggins, which somewhat takes the shine off the accolade.
(8) In spite of his life seeming superficially great, in spite of all the praise and accolades, in spite of all the loving friends and family, there is a predominant voice in the mind of an addict that supersedes all reason and that voice wants you dead.
(9) John Makumbe, a politics professor at the University of Zimbabwe, said of Mugabe's accolade: "I think it's ridiculous because Zimbabwe is one of the countries least used by tourists.
(10) It's probably just a fire in one of the townships.” Following Torino, Seoul and Helsinki, Cape Town is the fourth city to be awarded the title of World Design Capital, an accolade bestowed by the Montreal-based International Council for Societies of Industrial Design , which charges a hefty fee to honour a different city with its logo each year.
(11) Because the Trail Blazers didn't make many major moves during the offseason, they started the season as an afterthought in the incredibly competitive Western Conference and their early success provoked more skepticism than accolades.
(12) After scoring four number ones with her debut album, Gaga was lauded as the new queen of pop with the industry queuing to lay accolades at her feet.
(13) The first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded in 1901, and its receipt is widely regarded as one of the highest accolades in science.
(14) Notable Mercury-friendly accolades: They were nonimated for a Mercury back in 2005 (and lost out admirably to the mighty I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons).
(15) In Pakistan , news of the Nobel prize has led to an outpouring of accolades from official figures, led by the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, who called her “the pride of Pakistan”.
(16) London isn’t the best city for hostels ( that accolade goes to Lisbon ) but that’s improving too with Clink , Generator , Wombats and the good ol’ YHA all offering family rooms.
(17) There have been accolades, including "publisher of the year" in May, but one thing that has not changed, despite Barnsley's best efforts, is HarperCollins's UK ranking – in fourth position behind Penguin, Random House and Hachette.
(18) But those of us who were lucky enough to have spent five minutes with him – or more – know that he never set out to attain any of these high accolades.
(19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Zaha Hadid walks out of a BBC Radio 4 Today programme interview Still, her projects have nonetheless been showered with accolades, twice receiving the Stirling prize – for the MAXXI museum in Rome and the Evelyn Grace academy school in Brixton – and she was the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker prize more than a decade ago, making RIBA’s choice now seem a little like it is trying to catch up.
(20) His rivals weren't even born when he last won the accolade in 1984, but David Bowie saw experience triumph over youth as he was crowned best British male at the Brit awards.
Civilian
Definition:
(n.) One skilled in the civil law.
(n.) A student of the civil law at a university or college.
(n.) One whose pursuits are those of civil life, not military or clerical.
Example Sentences:
(1) Of those, 39 were civilians, 34 armed opposition fighters and 35 members of the state security forces, said the UK-based group.
(2) The Nigerian government has been heavily criticised for failing to protect civilians in an increasingly violent conflict that left about 10,000 dead last year.
(3) At least 10,000 civilians took refuge in UN compounds in the capital, said one UN official who asked not to be named.
(4) He regarded civilians who "harboured terrorists" as legitimate targets.
(5) Another 300-350 civilians had been killed and 600-650 injured from late January to mid-April.
(6) He had been moved from a civilian prison to the country's intelligence HQ, leading Mansfield to question whether there was a disagreement among Syrian authorities about the fate of Khan.
(7) Campbell's assessment came the day after a United Nations report found that ground battles between Afghan forces and the Taliban insurgents had overtaken insurgent bombs as a leading cause of civilian deaths and injuries .
(8) The Bosnian leadership in Sarajevo warned the UN on 8 July that “genocide against the civilian population of Srebrenica may occur” but did not call for evacuation.
(9) As well as enjoying access to a number of RAF bases, the agency has been flying in and out of civilian airports across the country.
(10) There was already simmering anger over the deaths of civilians in US drone attacks aimed at alleged terrorists inside Pakistan and over an incident in February in which a CIA contractor, Raymond Davis, shot dead two men on the street in Lahore he said were trying to rob him.
(11) The United Nations said that 3,099 Afghan civilians were killed in the first six months of this year alone.
(12) Congolese civilians are being beaten, threatened and arrested for wearing the T-shirts of opposition candidates, raising the prospect of bloodshed during this month's elections, the UN has warned.
(13) More than 50,000 civilians have joined a growing exodus from east Aleppo, a human rights monitor has said, as the UN security council prepares to hold emergency talks on fighting in the Syrian city.
(14) An intelligence officer told Associated Press that they were aware of the movement, but that the military is acting with care as many civilians are still trapped in the town and Boko Haram is laying land mines around it.
(15) Britain is being urged to halt the supply of weapons to its ally Saudi Arabia in the light of evidence that civilians are being killed in Saudi-led attacks on rebel forces in Yemen .
(16) It claims that reports of civilians being killed by security forces are fabrications cooked up by activists and the international media, while the official news agency talks constantly about "armed criminal groups" trying to destabilise the country.
(17) The prevalence of a history of post-traumatic stress disorder was 1 percent in the total population, about 3.5 percent in civilians exposed to physical attack and in Vietnam veterans who were not wounded, and 20 percent in veterans wounded in Vietnam.
(18) Nato’s Jens Stoltenberg, the transatlantic alliance’s top civilian, attempted to signal such continuity after the Brexit vote.
(19) Buhari has described himself as a “converted democrat” who repeatedly contested and lost elections after civilian rule was restored 16 years ago.
(20) Drones are not only provocative and illegal in international law but have also led to the killing of many innocent civilians in other countries that has had a serious impact on how the US is perceived in the region.