gonfalon
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The shirt was a gonfalon of the future.
From Time Magazine Archive
The company hurtled on, till they drew to the golden eagle which was the gonfalon of the emperor.
From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Eugene Mason
The title of “gonfalonier,” the bearer of the gonfalon, was in the middle ages both military and civil.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
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 Saint of Siena Catherine
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 Henry Curling
