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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
in token of en · ADP
Meanings
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(idiomatic) As an indication of; in a show of; on account of; because of.
Therefore be it knowne, / As to vs, to all the World, That Caius Martius / Weares this Warres Garland: in token of the which, / My Noble Steed, knowne to the Campe, I giue him, With all his trim belonging; […]
c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ix], page 7, column 2: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 things in token of victory:
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Esdras 3:5: