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triumphal

[ trahy-uhm-fuh l ]

/ traɪˈʌm fəl /

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adjective

of, pertaining to, celebrating, or commemorating a triumph or victory: a triumphal banquet; a triumphal ode.

triumphant(def 2).

Origin of triumphal

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Latin word triumphālis. See triumph, -al¹

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH triumphal

triumphal triumphant

Words nearby triumphal

tritonis, triturable, triturate, trituration, triumph, triumphal, triumphal arch, triumphalism, triumphant, triumvir, triumvirate

Example sentences from the Web for triumphal

He was guaranteed $10,000 a night, his singles were million sellers, he was booked for a triumphal tour of England….

The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis |Richard Ben Cramer |January 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
"We'll have your triumphal chariot waiting outside to bring you back to your hotel tonight," the auctioneer joked.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Big Christie’s Auction Brings in $38.8 Million |Isabel Wilkinson |May 14, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
In contrast to the ecstatic mood of his partisans, the president was the opposite of triumphal.

President Obama’s Victory Speech: A Call to Arms |Lloyd Grove |November 7, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
On May 13, Indian democracy served up one of its most triumphal stories.

Mamata Banerjee, India's Political Superwoman |Shoma Chaudhury |May 18, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

On Friday night, Roger Ebert made a triumphal return to television, the first ever talk-show host without a voice of his own.

The Resilient Roger Ebert |Gail Sheehy |January 22, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
There were three triumphal journeys during the days that followed.

The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove |Spencer Davenport
Indeed, such was their adulation, that they bore him about in a sort of triumphal car, and he became the peoples idol.

The Yule Log. |Anonymous
He snapped his fingers in the air, and whistled fragments of triumphal music.

The Monster and Other Stories |Stephen Crane
He accompanied his brothers to England, and rode on the king's left hand in his triumphal entry into London on May 29.

The Children of Westminster Abbey |Rose G. Kingsley
On 11 November 1506, Erasmus witnessed the triumphal entry of the martial pope.

Erasmus and the Age of Reformation |Johan Huizinga

British Dictionary definitions for triumphal

triumphal

/ (traɪˈʌmfəl) /

adjective

celebrating a triumph a triumphal procession

resembling triumph