gonfalon

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The shirt was a gonfalon of the future.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

Raise the gonfalon of the most holy Cross, for with the fragrance of the Cross you shall win peace.

From Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Catherine, of Siena, Saint

The gonfalon might flutter, and the knight, with all his train, ride stately amidst the white range of tents; the archer might lean upon his bow and gaze upon the splendour of the host.

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry