Trophy
a monument or memorial in commemoration of a victory. It consisted of some of the arms and other spoils of the vanquished enemy, hung upon the trunk of a tree or a pillar by the victors, either on the field of battle or in the capital of the conquered nation. If for a naval victory, it was erected on the nearest land. The trophies of the Greeks and Romans were decked out with the arms of the vanquished for land victories, with the beaks of the enemy's vessels for naval engagements. In modern times trophies have been erected in churches and other public buildings to commemorate a victory. Also, anything taken and preserved victory, as flags, standards, arms, and ved taken and preserved as a memorial of the like.
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