1. plural of morion; open helmets without visors worn by soldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries
Usage: historical
2. plural of morion; dark varieties of smoky quartz used as gemstones
Usage: mineralogy

Examples

• The museum displayed several Spanish morions from the conquistador period.
• Medieval reenactors wore authentic morions during the battle demonstration.
• The jeweler cut the morions into beautiful dark gemstones.
• Collectors prize well-preserved 16th-century morions.
• The morions gleamed darkly in the mineral display case.
• Spanish infantry commonly wore morions for head protection.
• These morions show the typical smoky coloration of the quartz variety.