gonfalon

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The shirt was a gonfalon of the future.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fountain shone, the displayed Graces jetted their crystal store; from every window hung carpets, on every tower a gonfalon, from every church belfry came the riot of bells.

From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

He handed his gun and belt to Maria, who marched on ahead, triumphantly waving her dish-towel as a gonfalon of victory, while she cheered for the Union in her sweet contralto.

From Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign by McElroy, John

The poplars twinkled innumerably, the long Este gonfalon flacked and strained in the wind.

From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

St. Peter sits enthroned above; Charles and Leo kneel to right and left, in the act of receiving from the Apostle the pallium and the gonfalon, the symbols of their respective offices.

From Medieval Europe by Davis, H. W. C. (Henry William Carless)