What does Légion mean?
Definitions for Légion
ˈli dʒənlégion
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Princeton's WordNet
host, legionnoun
archaic terms for army
legionnoun
association of ex-servicemen
"the American Legion"
legionnoun
a large military unit
"the French Foreign Legion"
horde, host, legionadjective
a vast multitude
numerous, legion(p)adjective
amounting to a large indefinite number
"numerous times"; "the family was numerous"; "Palomar's fans are legion"
Wiktionary
legionnoun
The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
legionnoun
A large military or semimilitary unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
legionnoun
(often Legion or the Legion) A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion, founded in 1919.
legionnoun
A large number of people; a multitude.
legionnoun
(often plural) A great number.
Where one sin has entered, legions will force their way through the same breach. John Rogers (1679-1729)
legionnoun
A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.
legionadjective
Numerous; vast; very great in number; multitudinous.
Russia's labor and capital resources are woefully inadequate to overcome the state's needs and vulnerabilities, which are legion.
Etymology: Attested (in, as legioun) around 1200, from legion, from legio, legionem, from legere; akin to legend, lecture.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Legion
Etymology: legio, Latin.
The most remarkable piece in Antoninus’s pillar is, the figure of Jupiter Pluvius sending rain on the fainting army of Marcus Aurelius, and thunderbolts on his enemies, which is the greatest confirmation possible of the story of the Christian legion. Addison.
She to foreign realms
Sends forth her dreadful legions. Philips.Not in the legions
Of horrid hell, can come a devil more damn’d. William Shakespeare.The partition between good and evil is broken down; and where one sin has entered, legions will force their way through the same breach. John Rogers, Sermons.
ChatGPT
legion
A legion is a unit or division of a large group, often referring to an army or force, typically comprising several thousand soldiers or members. Historically, it was a term used in the Roman army. Additionally, it can refer to a multitude or a vast number of people or things. In biblical contexts, "legion" is used to denote a very large number of demons or evil spirits.
Webster Dictionary
Legionnoun
a body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth
Legionnoun
a military force; an army; military bands
Legionnoun
a great number; a multitude
Legionnoun
a group of orders inferior to a class
Etymology: [OE. legioun, OF. legion, F. lgion, fr. L. legio, fr. legere to gather, collect. See Legend.]
Wikidata
Legion
Legion are a group of demons referred to in the Christian Bible. The New Testament outlines an encounter where Jesus healed a man from Gadarenes possessed by demons while traveling, known as Exorcising the Gerasenes demonic.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Legion
lē′jun, n. in ancient Rome, a body of soldiers of from three to six thousand: a military force: a great number: in French history, the name of several military bodies, more esp. one which distinguished itself in Algeria and in the Crimea.—v.t. to form into legions.—adj. Lē′gionary, relating to, or consisting of, a legion or legions: containing a great number.—n. a soldier of a legion.—Legion of Honour, an order of merit instituted in France in 1802 by Napoleon I.; Thundering Legion, the name in Christian tradition for a body of soldiers under Marcus Aurelius, whose prayers for rain once brought down a thunderstorm and destroyed the enemy. [Fr.,—L. legion-em—legĕre, to levy.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Legion
among the ancient Romans a body of soldiers consisting of three lines, the hastati, the principes, and the triarii, ranged in order of battle one behind the other, each divided into ten maniples, and the whole numbering from 4000 to 6000 men; to each legion was attached six military tribunes, who commanded in rotation, each for two months; under Marius the three lines were amalgamated, and the whole divided into ten cohorts of three maniples each; under the original arrangement the hastati were young or untrained men, the principes men in their full manhood, and the triarii veterans.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
legion
(Lat. legio). A corps of soldiers in the Roman armies, first formed by Romulus, about 750 B.C., when it consisted of 3000 foot and 300 horse. When Hannibal was in Italy, 216 B.C., the legion consisted of 5200 soldiers; and under Marius, in 88 B.C., it was 6200 foot besides 700 horse. There were 10, and sometimes as many as 18 legions kept at Rome. Augustus had a standing army of 45 legions, together with 25,000 horse and 37,000 light-armed troops, about 5 B.C.; and the peace establishment of Adrian was 30 of these formidable brigades. A legion was divided into 10 cohorts, and every cohort into 6 centuries, with a vexillum, or standard, guarded by 10 men. The peace of Britain was protected by 3 legions. The French army was divided into legions subsequent to the reign of Francis I. See Thundering Legions.
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Entomology
Legion
a group of genera, subequal to a tribe.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
LEGION
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Legion is ranked #129825 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Legion surname appeared 131 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Legion.
54.2% or 71 total occurrences were Black.
25.9% or 34 total occurrences were White.
16.7% or 22 total occurrences were Asian.
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gileno
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Légion in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Légion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Légion in a Sentence
It was a pleasure working with Aishwarya in The Last Legion (2007), and her fans are in for a big surprise. She is an excellent and outstanding actor. She is a shining example of beauty from India, and I'm sure we will be seeing her in more Hollywood movies real soon.
The American Legion constitution includes 'to preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in the great wars,' if we don't share these stories, they'll be gone.
Our team in particular has worked very, very hard on' Watch Dogs : Legion' to make a game about diversity and equality and representation... we rejected from the beginning the idea of the heroic' dude on the box who saves us all,' watch Dogs : Legion.
This is so new, and they're under such pressure. The fact that they are able to stand the legion up at all is amazing.
The super rich? They don't pay this tax. They have a legion of lawyers and tax planners. They have charitable trusts and foundations, these are family-owned, hard-working, risk-taking, determined Americans who are building their business, their farm, their ranch. These are not, as we will hear today, the Paris Hiltons and robber barons of the Teddy Roosevelt days.
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