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Definition of Camlan
1. Noun. (Arthurian legend) the battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded.
Generic synonyms: Battlefield, Battleground, Field, Field Of Battle, Field Of Honor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Camlan
Literary usage of Camlan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"... camlan,' 1845. 3. ' Lam- peter Theology,' 1856. 4. ' Christian Freedom in the
Council of Jerusalem : preached before the University of Cambridge, ..."
2. Cardiff Castle: A Poem, with Explanatory Remarks and Historical Extracts by Taliesin Williams (1827)
"Brave, justly brave, in whom we trace The greatness of his manly race. His ancient
sire, with Arthur brave, On camlan field found gory grave: Th' ..."
3. Archaeologia Cambrensis by Cambrian Archaeological Association, Thomas Rowland Powel, Donald Moore (1872)
"In that locality there are places which bear the following names even to the
present day: camlan, Maes camlan, Bron camlan, Pont y Cleifion, Brithdir Coch, ..."
4. Y Cymmrodor edited by Thomas Powel, Isambard Owen, Egerton Grenville Bagot Phillimore (1907)
"If this interval of ten years is correct, in other words, if Annus xciii and
Annus Ciii are to he reckoned from the same initial year, then, as camlan was ..."
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