gonfalon

Example Sentences

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The shirt was a gonfalon of the future.

From Time Magazine Archive

Upon the shoulder of each was the visible cross, in the hands of each a pilgrim's staff by their sides were pilgrims' scrips, and each ship's company sailed under the gonfalon of the Holy Cross.

From Saint Ursula Story of Ursula and Dream of Ursula by Ruskin, John

When Baligant beholds his gonfalon fall And Mahum's flag defenseless, in his heart Springs quick the thought, wrong may be on his side And right on Carle's.

From La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier by Rabillon, Léonce

The tallest and the stoutest of the Border men bore the gonfalon of the Lord of the Tournament.

From Endymion by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

But here there is no gonfalon, no golden chain of office, no velvet doublet, cloak, and rapier, no guards with arquebuss or polished crossbow.

From Hodge and His Masters by Jefferies, Richard