Category:Obsidional

Ob*sid"i*o*nal, a. Etym: [l. obsidionalis, from obsidio a siege, Obsidere to besiege: cf.F. obsidional. See obsess.]

Defn: of or pertaining to a siege. Obsidional crown (rom.Antiq.), a Crown bestowed upon a general who raised the siege of a beleaguered Place, or upon one who held out against a siege.