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penance

[pen-uhns] / ˈpɛn əns /


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The large flag in the engraving is a pennon, the smaller, penoncels or pencils.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

Upon the pennons of the knights, penoncels of the squires, and banners of the barons and bannerets, the army formed, or, in modern phrase, dressed its line.

From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Macgeorge, Andrew




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