medal

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.

   Whether their images, shrines, relics, consecrated things, holy water, medals, benedictions, those divine amulets, holy exorcisms, and the sign of the cross, be available in this disease?

2. 2
   verb

   To win a medal.

   He medalled twice at the Olympics.

3. 3
   noun

   an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

4. 4
   noun

   A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.

5. 5
   verb

   To award a medal to.

6. 6
   name

   A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French medaille, medale, from Italian medaglia (originally "half a denarius"), from Early Medieval Latin medālia, feminine derived via dissimilation (/dj–lj/ > /d–lj/) from mediālia, neuter plural of Late Latin mediālis (“middle”, adjective), from Classical Latin medius.