clocher

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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

Musset produced a certain "Ballade à la Lune" which began— C'était dans la nuit brune Sur le clocher jauni, La lune Comme un point sur un i!

From The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. by Various

It was rebuilt in the eighteenth century, and a fine clocher added.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

Its chief feature—and one of real distinction—is its octagonal clocher, in brick, dating from the fourteenth century.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

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