Obsidional

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Obsidional \Ob*sid"i*o*nal\, a. [L. obsidionalis, from obsidio a
     siege, obsidere to besiege: cf. F. obsidional. See {Obsess}.]
     Of or pertaining to a siege.
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     {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.
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