The oriflamme was a sacred banner used by the kings of France in the Middle Ages in times of great danger. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-15] Reference
The North has not hoisted for its oriflamme the Sacred. From Wordnik.com. [Great Britain and the American Civil War] Reference
And be your oriflamme, to-day, the helmet of Navarre. '. From Wordnik.com. [English Songs and Ballads] Reference
Some bear the Gospel oriflamme, and one by one march out. From Wordnik.com. [Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two] Reference
Nay, had you but here a picture of the great oriflamme of. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Each staff carried a black oriflamme, hanging limply in the still air. From Wordnik.com. [Nemesis]
Mons gaudii, name of Carle's standard; the oriflamme and French war-cry. From Wordnik.com. [La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier] Reference
Churm's blank check seemed to wave in the air like an oriflamme of victory. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862] Reference
Orange: apricot (25); orange (qua orange); oriflamme; sunset, and tangerine. From Wordnik.com. [Further thoughts about “Pavlova”] Reference
Philip Augustus raising the oriflamme on 24 June 1190, by Pierre-Henri Revoil. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-15] Reference
Nonconformist printing-office stepped out, carrying the work of art before him like an oriflamme. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
“And once again, her skirt, the oriflamme of her hair – but seen, as always, from the back.” madrepore. From Wordnik.com. [Ready for the SAT « So Many Books] Reference
“His hero, Des Esseintes, comes from a long line of grim, muscular warriors with yataghan mustaches.” oriflamme. From Wordnik.com. [Ready for the SAT « So Many Books] Reference
The moon, as bright and handsome as a new twenty-dollar piece, carried herself straight before us, -- a splendid oriflamme. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861] Reference
Geoffrey de Chargny, I intrust the oriflamme this day. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Nigel] Reference
So died Geoffrey de Chargny; but the oriflamme was saved. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Nigel] Reference
St. Martin was replaced as ensign of war by the oriflamme of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip] Reference
The galley which bore the oriflamme was one of the first to touch. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2] Reference
The maid of Domrémy was about to change her distaff for an oriflamme. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine] Reference
Advance the oriflamme, Geoffrey, and do you marshal the divisions, Arnold. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Nigel] Reference
He has on his side the crown of France and the oriflamme of the king and Monsieur. From Wordnik.com. [Droll Stories — Volume 3] Reference
His great disorderly mop of bright red hair stood erect on his scalp like an oriflamme. From Wordnik.com. [The Thunders of Silence] Reference
The red ribbon fluttered like an oriflamme against the blue-and-white of the April sky. From Wordnik.com. [Master of the Vineyard] Reference
Then in a joyous spirit of over-confidence, he waved the oriflamme of speech in our faces. From Wordnik.com. [The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me] Reference
Washington, the Nation may look to these West Virginia hills, and plant here the oriflamme of freedom. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Ridge Country] Reference
The King was in the center of the front line, Geoffrey de Chargny with the golden oriflamme upon his right, and. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Nigel] Reference
The oriflamme had gone, and so had the blue and silver banner, but here were desperate men ready to fight to the death. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Nigel] Reference
He had almost forgotten the oriflamme that sometimes signalled to him from the top of the hill, and seldom even glanced that way. From Wordnik.com. [Master of the Vineyard] Reference
She descends from the azure heights and returns to the hive, trailing behind her, like an oriflamme, the unfolded entrails of her lover. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Bee] Reference
Brock's despatches, with the story of the capture of Detroit and the colours of the 4th Regiment, United States Army, the oriflamme of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812] Reference
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