On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Soldiery. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as troops or force and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Soldiery in a sentence
Soldiery meaning
- Soldiers considered as a group.
- The profession or skill of being a soldier.
Using Soldiery
- The main meaning on this page is: Soldiers considered as a group. | The profession or skill of being a soldier.
- Useful related words include: military personnel, troops, force, personnel.
- In the example corpus, soldiery often appears in combinations such as: the soldiery, soldiery from.
Context around Soldiery
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Soldiery
- In this selection, "soldiery" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, french, rough, trained, accomplished and quartered stand out and add context to how "soldiery" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include among the soldiery and and rough soldiery and rome. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "soldiery" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with soldiery
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He separated the soldiery from the people. (7 words)
It was on their black soldiery that the rulers often relied. (11 words)
The London Mithraeum is one example of the popularity of mystery religions among the soldiery. (15 words)
Similarly the previously touted ideal of the fairness of the Muscovy monarchy was contrasted with Herberstein's depiction of peasants as being in "a very wretched condition, for their goods are exposed to plunder from the nobility and soldiery". (39 words)
This village the kings of the Parthians were wont to make their winter residence, thus sparing the Seleucians, in order that the Seleucians might not be oppressed by having the Scythian folk or soldiery quartered amongst them. (37 words)
Alongside this, these contemporary sources present Caracalla as a 'soldier-emperor' for his preference of the soldiery over the senators, a depiction which would have made him even less popular with the senatorial biographers. (34 words)
Example sentences (12)
Alongside this, these contemporary sources present Caracalla as a 'soldier-emperor' for his preference of the soldiery over the senators, a depiction which would have made him even less popular with the senatorial biographers.
Ayton, "The Battle of Crécy: Context and Significance" in Ayton & Preston (2005), pp. 25-26 Although considered to be heavy, no reliable figures exist for losses among the common French soldiery.
He advanced into Italy at the head of a licentious and rough soldiery, and Rome became the scene of riot and massacre, gladiatorial shows and extravagant feasting.
He separated the soldiery from the people.
His hard-trained soldiery accomplished what was not thought possible at that time: infantry withstood the Umayyad heavy cavalry.
Homotīmoi were highly and thoroughly educated and thus became the core of the soldiery as heavy infantry.
It was on their black soldiery that the rulers often relied.
P63: Following the plunder of Medina in 1810 'when the Prophet's tomb was opened and its jewels and relics sold and distributed among the Wahhabi soldiery'.
Similarly the previously touted ideal of the fairness of the Muscovy monarchy was contrasted with Herberstein's depiction of peasants as being in "a very wretched condition, for their goods are exposed to plunder from the nobility and soldiery".
The London Mithraeum is one example of the popularity of mystery religions among the soldiery.
The Porte did not maintain the ranks of Janissaries, rather the Pasha in Tunisia himself began to recruit such soldiery from many different regions.
This village the kings of the Parthians were wont to make their winter residence, thus sparing the Seleucians, in order that the Seleucians might not be oppressed by having the Scythian folk or soldiery quartered amongst them.
Common combinations with soldiery
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: