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noun

Legion n.

(Rom. Antiq.) 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.

A great number; a multitude. "Where one sin has entered, legions will force their way through the same breach."

(Taxonomy) A group of orders inferior to a class.

Legion of honor, an order instituted by the French government in 1802, when Bonaparte was First Consul, as a reward for merit, both civil and military.

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