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passage at arms

passage at arms is the alternative form of passage of arms.

Meaning of passage of arms

Noun

passage of arms (plural passages of arms)

  1. A chivalric feat of arms involving the forcing of a passage protected by a knight or a group of knights.
  2. Any feat of arms, especially when used to display the prowess of the participants.
  3. A fight; (figuratively), an argument or verbal altercation.
    • [S]he is the high standard of comparison among the neighbouring wives […], who in any domestic passages of arms habitually call upon their husbands to look at the difference between their position and Mrs. Snagsby’s[…].1852, Charles Dickens, chapter 10, in Bleak House

Forms of passage at arms

pluralpassages at arms

Questions about passage at arms

What is passage at arms the alternative form of?
Passage at arms is the alternative form of passage of arms.

Words near passage at arms in the dictionary

  1. passades
  2. passado
  3. passadoes
  4. passados
  5. passage
  6. passage at arms
  7. passage boat
  8. Passage East
  9. passage grave
  10. passage graves
  11. passage house

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