triumphal

[trahy-uhm-fuh l] /traɪˈʌm fəl/

adjective

of, pertaining to, celebrating, or commemorating a triumph or victory:

a triumphal banquet; a triumphal ode.

triumphant (def 2).

Origin

1400-50; late Middle English < Latin triumphālis. See triumph, -al¹

Can be confused

triumphal, triumphant.

Examples from the web for triumphal

Their fact reporting did not seem to justify an immediately triumphal outlook, however.
B ut let's recast the story as a triumphal, even uplifting tale of pluck and achievement.
The revelation of the mysteries is the triumphal close of the piece.
At sowing and reaping, after a triumphal procession, one of the lads was slain by being punctured with a poisoned arrow.
The wolf let out a triumphal howl from a merry throat and kissed the sheep with jaws that tore not.
And the irony was that all these people should clutter sadly in the shadow of the triumphal arch.
triumphal painting in temples and public buildings illustrate military campaigns and conquered lands.
The column is crowned by small triumphal arch surrounded by a balustrade.
Berenice's triumphal chariot was drawn by six white horses and was followed by twelve other chariots.
They also introduced the triumphal arch as a military monument.

British Dictionary definitions for triumphal

/traɪˈʌmfəl/

adjective

celebrating a triumph: a triumphal procession

resembling triumph