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  2. Accolade - Wikipedia

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    When they graduate, during the ceremony a senior officer hovers their sword on the kneeling graduate's shoulders as if he were knighting the young officer. This part is called the "adoubement", which has a different meaning than accolade. Adoubement involves the sword, accolade is a movement of the hands which varies in different countries.

  3. Award - Wikipedia

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    Some of the trophies earned by the NJROTC unit of Port Charlotte High School.. An award, sometimes called a distinction, is given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field.

  4. Acolyte - Wikipedia

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    The order of acolyte was not initially retained with Anglicanism during the English Reformation [19] therefore there is no definition of their role in the Book of Common Prayer 1662. The use of acolytes (like many Anglican practices) is very much dependent on local practice, some parishes may refer to altar servers as acolytes, whereas other ...

  5. Accolade (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Accolade is a ceremony to confer knighthood. Accolade may also refer to: Companies. Accolade, Inc., an American video game developer and publisher;

  6. Accolade (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    In architecture, an accolade is an embellished arch found most typically in late Gothic architecture. The term comes from French ( l'accolade ), referencing a "braced" arch. [ 1 ] It is also known as an ogee arch ( English ), un arco conopial ( Spanish ), resaunt ( Middle English ), arco carenato or inflesso ( Italian ), and kielbogen ( German ).

  7. ‘Brain Rot’ is Oxford’s Word of the Year - AOL

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    Last year, the accolade went to “rizz,” a Gen-Z slang abbreviation of charisma. In 2022, it was “ goblin mode ”—referring to “unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy ...

  8. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    A pillar boutant is a large chain or jamb of stone, made to support a wall, terrace, or vault. The word is French, and comes from the verb bouter, "to butt" or "abut". [4] Bracket (see also corbel) A weight-bearing member made of wood, stone, or metal that overhangs a wall. Bressummer

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