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English
Preposition
in token of
- (idiomatic) As an indication of; in a show of; on account of; because of.
c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 7, column 2:Therefore be it knowne, / As to vs, to all the World, That Caius Martius / Weares this Warres Garland: in token of the which, / My Noble Steed, knowne to the Campe, I giue him, With all his trim belonging;