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Definition of Olive branch
1. Noun. Something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace.
Definition of Olive branch
1. Noun. (&lit A branch of an olive tree) ¹
2. Noun. Such a branch offered as an emblem of peace. ¹
3. Noun. Any symbol of peace, or peace offering to an adversary to show good will and in the hope of securing peace. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Olive Branch
Literary usage of Olive branch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1907)
"Profusely abundant at olive branch and common elsewhere. 26. ... A little flycatcher
of unknown identity was tolerably common at olive branch. 31. ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1888)
"On the book of knowledge is perched the dove, emblematic of purity, while the
olive branch at the left of the book and the palm under the Fool's Bauble give ..."
3. The British Essayists edited by Alexander Chalmers (1808)
"12 Threatening letter to Simon Olive-branch, on his intended visit to the
metropolis — His head as unsafe as the pope's — Denounced by a club of patriots ..."
4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1899)
"... of your olive branch. I subscribe to it with pleasure, because I believe it
has done and will do much good, in holding up the mirror to both parties, ..."
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