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OVATION (Lat. ovatio)

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 383 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OVATION (See also:Lat. ovatio) , a See also:minor See also:form of See also:Roman " See also:triumph." It was awarded either when the See also:campaign, though victorious, had not. been important enough for the higher See also:honour; when the See also:war was not entirely put an end to; when it had been waged with unworthy foes; or when the See also:general was not of See also:rank sufficient to give him the right to a triumph. The ceremonial was on the whole similar in the two cases, but in an ovation the general walked or more commonly rode on horseback, wore a See also:simple magisterial robe, carried no See also:sceptre and wore a See also:wreath of See also:myrtle instead of See also:laurel. Instead of a See also:bull, a See also:sheep was sacrificed at the conclusion of the ceremony. The word is not, however, derived from ovis, sheep, but probably means " shouting " (cp. auto) as a sign of rejoicing.

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