gonfalon

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The shirt was a gonfalon of the future.

From Time Magazine Archive

Down are gone both cap and feather,   Lance and gonfalon are down!

From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Doyle, Richard

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)

In certain of the Italian cities chief magistrates had the privilege of bearing a gonfalon, and for this reason were known as “gonfaloniere.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

The company hurtled on, till they drew to the golden eagle which was the gonfalon of the emperor.

From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Mason, Eugene