Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Battalia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Battalia \Bat*tal"ia\, n. [LL. battalia battle, a body of
troops. See {Battle}, n.]
1. Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops
(brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval
force, for action.
A drawing up the armies in battalia. --Jer. Taylor.
2. An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body.
[Obs.] --Shak.
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