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 Ac’cius Na’vius.Accommoda’tion. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Accolade (3 syl.).
 
The touch of a sword on the shoulder in the ceremony of conferring knighthood; originally an embrace or touch by the hand on the neck. (Latin, ad collum, on the neck.)   1
 


 Ac’cius Na’vius.Accommoda’tion. 

 
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