gonfalon

Example Sentences

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The shirt was a gonfalon of the future.

From Time Magazine Archive

The people under their great gonfalon and the standards of the companies, led by the Medici and Rondinelli, stormed one position after another, forcing the defenders to surrender.

From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.

Raise the gonfalon of the most holy Cross, for with the fragrance of the Cross you shall win peace.

From Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Catherine, of Siena, Saint

He handed his gun and belt to Maria, who marched on ahead, triumphantly waving her dish-towel as a gonfalon of victory, while she cheered for the Union in her sweet contralto.

From Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign by McElroy, John

The tallest and the stoutest of the Border men bore the gonfalon of the Lord of the Tournament.

From Endymion by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield