gonfalon

Example Sentences

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The shirt was a gonfalon of the future.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The gonfalon, or great banner of the city, was displayed with the utmost pomp.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

The Hegumen gave him in charge of the brethren; and at his signal, the gonfalon was raised and carried through the concourse, and out of one of the doors, followed closely by the Brotherhood.

From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Wallace, Lewis

Is Tara Boom-de-aye the battle-hymn and the theater hat the blazing gonfalon of him who strove with Omnipotence for universal empire?

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper