clocher
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But down south, in French rugby's heartlands l'esprit de clocher - literally 'the spirit of the belltower' - is a thing.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2023
Its sole possession of note is the clocher, which rises to an approximate height of two hundred feet.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
Musset produced a certain "Ballade à la Lune" which began— C'était dans la nuit brune Sur le clocher jauni, La lune Comme un point sur un i!
From The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. by Various
There is no regularly completed tower to St. Siffrein, but a still unachieved tenth-century clocher in embryo attaches itself on the south.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
But notwithstanding the patriotes de clocher, and French humanitaires who suppress the very word native country, I believe in the higher destinies of France.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various
