in token of

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)As anindicationof; in ashowof;on account of;because of.c.1608–1609(date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene ix],page 7, column 2:Therefore be it knowne, / As to vs, to all the World, That Caius Martius / Weares this Warres Garland:in token ofthe which, / My Noble Steed, knowne to the Campe, I giue him, With all his trim belonging;[…]1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,1 Esdras3:5:Let euery one of vs speake a sentence: hee that shall ouercome, & whose sentence shall seeme wiser then the others, vnto him shall the king Darius giue great gifts, and great thingsin token ofvictory:

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