Etymology: [ 'lE-j&n ] (noun.) 13th century. C. 1205 Old English legioun, from Old French legion, from Latin legiō, legionem, from legere (“to gather, collect”); akin to legend, lecture.
* Generalized sense of “a large number” is due to (inaccurate) translations of allusive phrase in Mark 5:9
*:: And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
A large military or semimilitary unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia, The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops, (often Legion or the Legion) A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion, founded in 1919, Numerous; vast; very great in number; multitudinous, 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, A great number, A large number of people; a multitude, 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, A military force; an army; military bands, numerous, vast multitude (as in his attributes are legion), A great number; a multitude, a military organization, army, regiment, (rather archaic), unit of the Roman army consisting of 3, 000 to 6, 000 soldiers; military unit, army; multitude, mass, an association (often of ex-servicemen), a large group of people, A group of orders inferior to a class, association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion", a vast multitude, archaic terms for army, If you say that things of a particular kind are legion, you mean that there are a great number of them. Ellie's problems are legion. very many = numerous. Military organization, originally the largest permanent unit in the Roman army. It was the basis of the military system by which imperial Rome conquered and ruled its empire. The early Roman Republic found the Greek phalanx too unwieldy for fragmented fighting in the hills and valleys of central Italy. To replace it the Romans evolved a new tactical system based on small and flexible infantry units called maniples. These were grouped in larger units called cohorts, which ranged from 360 to 600 men, depending on the era. Ten cohorts made up a legion, which moved into battle with four cohorts in the first line and three each in the second and third lines. See also Foreign Legion. American Legion Foreign Legion Legion of Honour Order of the Legion of Honour Legion of Mary Church, A legion is a large group of soldiers who form one section of an army. the Sudan-based troops of the Libyan Islamic Legion, A legion of people or things is a great number of them. His delightful sense of humour won him a legion of friends, association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion, Distributed Programming model provides an architecture and language, a large military unit; "the French Foreign Legion" association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion, a large military unit; "the French Foreign Legion", “My name is Legion: for we are many” (St Mark v 9) A (Atasözü)ial expression somewhat similar to hydraheaded Thus, speaking of the houseless poor we should say, “Their name is Legion;” so also we should say of the diseases arising from want of cleanliness, the evils of ignorance, and so on The Thundering Legion The Roman legion that discomfited the Marcomanni in 179 is so called, because (as the legend informs us) a thunderstorm was sent in answer to the prayers of certain Christians; this storm relieved the thirst of the legion In like manner a hail-storm was sent to the aid of Joshua, at the time when he commanded the sun to stay its course, and assisted the Israelites to their victory (Dion Cassius, lxxi 8 (See Joshua x 10-12 ), – A large group of soldiers; an army, A legion was made up of 10 cohorts (480 men to a cohort) or 4,800 men, "a worldwide virtual computer " U Virginia object-based metasystem, aims to make "millions of hosts and trillions of data objects" appear to any user as a single computer A particular approach to making network connected resources available easily; not clear if GEM would use, or just learn lessons from them on how to do what we want to do http://www cs virginia edu/~legion/, plural of legion,
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A large military or semimilitary unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia
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The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops
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(often Legion or the Legion) A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion, founded in 1919
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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."
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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
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A great number - "Where one sin has entered, legions will force their way through the same breach. — John Rogers (1679-1729)"
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A large number of people; a multitude
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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
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A military force; an army; military bands
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numerous, vast multitude (as in his attributes are legion)
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A great number; a multitude
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a military organization, army, regiment, (rather archaic)
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unit of the Roman army consisting of 3, 000 to 6, 000 soldiers; military unit, army; multitude, mass isim
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an association (often of ex-servicemen)
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a large group of people
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A group of orders inferior to a class
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association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion"
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a vast multitude
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archaic terms for army
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If you say that things of a particular kind are legion, you mean that there are a great number of them. Ellie's problems are legion. very many = numerous. Military organization, originally the largest permanent unit in the Roman army. It was the basis of the military system by which imperial Rome conquered and ruled its empire. The early Roman Republic found the Greek phalanx too unwieldy for fragmented fighting in the hills and valleys of central Italy. To replace it the Romans evolved a new tactical system based on small and flexible infantry units called maniples. These were grouped in larger units called cohorts, which ranged from 360 to 600 men, depending on the era. Ten cohorts made up a legion, which moved into battle with four cohorts in the first line and three each in the second and third lines. See also Foreign Legion. American Legion Foreign Legion Legion of Honour Order of the Legion of Honour Legion of Mary Church
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A legion is a large group of soldiers who form one section of an army. the Sudan-based troops of the Libyan Islamic Legion
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A legion of people or things is a great number of them. His delightful sense of humour won him a legion of friends
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association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion
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Distributed Programming model provides an architecture and language
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a large military unit; "the French Foreign Legion" association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion
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a large military unit; "the French Foreign Legion"
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“My name is Legion: for we are many” (St Mark v 9) A (Atasözü)ial expression somewhat similar to hydraheaded Thus, speaking of the houseless poor we should say, “Their name is Legion;” so also we should say of the diseases arising from want of cleanliness, the evils of ignorance, and so on The Thundering Legion The Roman legion that discomfited the Marcomanni in 179 is so called, because (as the legend informs us) a thunderstorm was sent in answer to the prayers of certain Christians; this storm relieved the thirst of the legion In like manner a hail-storm was sent to the aid of Joshua, at the time when he commanded the sun to stay its course, and assisted the Israelites to their victory (Dion Cassius, lxxi 8 (See Joshua x 10-12 )
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– A large group of soldiers; an army
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A legion was made up of 10 cohorts (480 men to a cohort) or 4,800 men
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"a worldwide virtual computer " U Virginia object-based metasystem, aims to make "millions of hosts and trillions of data objects" appear to any user as a single computer A particular approach to making network connected resources available easily; not clear if GEM would use, or just learn lessons from them on how to do what we want to do http://www cs virginia edu/~legion/
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