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A person under the astrological influence of the planet Mars.
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An inhabitant of the planet Mars.
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A soldier, a warrior.
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A celestial object under the astrological influence of the planet Mars.
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Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
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Connected with or relating to armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.
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Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly.
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Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars.
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Of or relating to the planet Mars; Martian.
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Containing, or relating to, iron (which was symbolically associated with the planet Mars by alchemists); chalybeate, ferric, ferrous.
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martial preparations martial flowers (a reddish crystalline salt of iron)
Examples of martial in a Sentence
Martial law was proclaimed.
A court martial stripped him of his military rank.
His attitude was martial.
We live in a chillingly martial world.
The recruits drilled while singing martial songs.
Boris was elegantly dressed, with a slightly martial touch appropriate to a wartime wedding.
But some were of a purely martial nature.
Burr established a thorough patrol system, rigorously enforced martial law, and quickly restored order.
Getting years of training to forge the body for martial pursuit requires perseverance.
But this is unlikely, notwithstanding the fact that even some pagan writers, such as Juvenal, Pliny and Martial (?), traced a resemblance between Domitian and Nero.
On learning of the invasion President Boshof proclaimed martial law throughout the country.
In all these stories his character is distinguished rather by wisdom and cunning than by martial prowess, and reference is very frequently made to his skill in poetry and magic. In Ynglinga Saga he is represented as reigning in Sweden, where he established laws for his people.
Boccaccio had discovered Martial and Ausonius, and had been the first of the human'sts to be familiar with Varro and Tacitus, while Salutati had recovered Cicero's letters Ad Familiares (1389).
Moreover, all his martial energy notwithstanding, his personality must have been singularly winning; for it is said of him that he left behind not a single enemy, all his opponents having long since been converted by him into friends.
To Merula we are indebted for the editio princeps of Plautus (1472), of the Scriptores rei rusticae, Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladius (1472) and possibly of Martial (1471).
On the other hand, good water was proverbially difficult to obtain at Ravenna - dearer than wine, says Martial, who has two epigrams on the subject.
But during his tenure of power all the magistrates of the people were regarded as his subordinates; and it was even held that the right of assistance (auxilium), furnished by the tribunes of the plebs to members of the citizen body, should not be effectively exercised when the state was under this type of martial law.
They are after the manner of Martial, and many of them are coarse.
The losses on both sides were very heavy, and, besides those who fell in battle, many of the insurgents were executed under martial law.
Martial music (cp. 'ABi i vn vaXorty,, "trumpet") and the Pyrrhic dance, in which she herself is said to have taken part to commemorate the victory over the giants, and the building of war-ships were attributed to her.
The success of Tokoli rekindled the martial ardour of the Turks, and a war party, under the grand vizier Kara Mustafa, determined to wrest from Leopold his twelve remaining Hungarian counties, gained the ascendancy at Constantinople in the course of 1682.
His first acts on taking up his office were to repudiate the authority of the Hungarian diet, to replace the Maygar officials with ardent " Illyrians," and to proclaim martial law.
Failing in this, he retired, and on the 2nd of October a royal proclamation, countersigned by his successor, Recssey, placed Hungary under martial law and appointed Jellachich viceroy and commander of all the forces.
From October 1849 to July 1850 Hungary was governed by martial law administered by " the butcher " Haynau.
We have the testimony of two men of shrewd common sense and masculine understanding - Martial and Juvenal - to the stale and lifeless character of the art of the Silver Age, which sought to reproduce in the form of epics, tragedies and elegies the bright fancies of the Greek mythology.
The pathos of natural affection is occasionally recognized in Statius and more rarely in Martial,' but it has not the depth of tenderness found in Lucretius and Virgil.
To these causes we attribute the pathological observation of Seneca and Tacitus, the new sense of purity in Persius called out by contrast with the impurity around him, the glowing if somewhat sensational exaggeration of Juvenal, the vivid characterization of Martial.
The fervid temperament of a fresh and vigorous race, which received the Latin discipline just as Latium had tw9 or three centuries previously received the Greek discipline, revealed itself in the writings of the Senecas, Lucan, Quintilian, Martial and others, who in their own time added literary distinction to the Spanish towns from which they came.
Though it was not one of the great eras in the annals of literature, yet the century which produced Martial, Juvenal and Tacitus cannot be pronounced barren in literary originality, nor that which produced Seneca and Quintilian devoid of culture and literary taste.
Of the epic poets of the Silver Age P. Papinius Statius (c. 45-96) shows the greatest technical skill and the richest pictorial fancy in the execution of detail; but his epics have no true inspiring motive, and, although the recitation of the Thebaid could attract and charm an audience in the days of Juvenal, it really belongs to the class of poems so unsparingly condemned both by him and Martial.
Profiting by-Louis XII.s weakness and the emperor Maximilians strange capricious character, this martial pope sacrificed Italian and religious interests alike in order to re-establish the temporal power of the papacy.
Cruel means of repression assisted natural hardships and the carelessness of the administration in depopulating and laying waste the countryside; while Louis XIV.s martial and ostentatious policy was even more disastrous than pestilence and famine, when Louvois advice prevailed in council over that of Colbert, now embittered and desperate.
Non-computer interests include martial arts, wrestling, ska and oi !
Martial and Lucian both portray exclusive lesbians, examples that are famous topoi in the literature of lesbianism.
Of course most Japanese martial artists are not war criminals and most Chinese martial artists are not triad members.
Like the martial arts teacher it 's named for the Sensei Sudoku can be a surprisingly tricky opponent...
Even without the title, the track is startling, with martial trumpets, drums and wordless vocals creating an amazing atmosphere.
Some swords are made for decoration while others are made to practice martial arts.
Tai Chi - this ancient form of martial arts is a popular form of exercise and can be done indoors or out.
Steve loved mixed martial arts competitions and was trained in the fighting/grappling system of Gaidojutsu.
Soon after, she injured her wrist during martial arts training for Mortal Kombat.
Mark Dacascos - Actor and martial artist best known as "The Chairman" on Iron Chef America.
Lautner is also a skilled martial artist, and has won the hearts of fans across the globe with his good looks and talent.
This led to a deep love of martial arts, and he became very successful in tournaments.
Lautner also appeared on the reality television show, America's Most Talented Kids, where he performed a martial arts routine.
Tito Ortiz is best known as a mixed martial arts fighter for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) circuit and Jenna Jameson is best known for her career in adult films.
Bruce Lee - Official reports list a cerebral edema as the cause of the coma Lee suffered, but speculation ran rampant after his death in 1973 that the martial arts master was the victim of foul play.
Chuck Norris – There's no doubt that this actor and well-known martial artist is a conservative.
Uma Thurman - The Kill Bill action heroine may have some serious martial arts skills, but has admitted to being claustrophobic.
There are many different levels of self defense, from taking martial arts classes, to home protection methods, to basic defensive techniques that can help you get away from an attacker.