in pride

Definitions

1. 1

   With its tail feathers spread.

   • Over the fire-place on the right hand, there is a group of heathen celestials: - Jupiter and Juno, in a reclining posture, with their mythological insignia (the eagle holding the thunderbolts, and the peacock in his pride); […]
   • I remember, too, seeing the Peacock in pride above the arms of the late Sir Matthew Tierney, the physician, […]
   • Argent, three peacocks in pride proper.

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