clocher

Example Sentences

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But down south, in French rugby's heartlands l'esprit de clocher - literally 'the spirit of the belltower' - is a thing.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2023

Finally, if for no other reason, at least for interest in Arlette, the tanner's daughter, one must go to Falaise, and look at the superb clocher of Saint-Gervais, which was finished and consecrated by 1135.

From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry

Je ne me mets pas en peine Du clocher ni du beffroi.

From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by Henley, William Ernest

What would correspond to the cathedrals of Noyon and Soissons and the old clocher and fleche of Chartres is lost.

From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry

But notwithstanding the patriotes de clocher, and French humanitaires who suppress the very word native country, I believe in the higher destinies of France.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various