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

The clocher or belfry of St. Front is accredited as being one of the most remarkable eleventh-century erections of its kind in any land.

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

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

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

Blavignac, in Comptes et depenses de la construction du clocher de Saint-Nicolas a Fribourg en Suisse, comes to a similar conclusion.

From Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution by Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz

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