This was surmouted onto a cross with fleur-de-lys. From Wordnik.com. [Cardinal Newman at Birmingham: His Relics (Part 2 of 3)] Reference
There were four fleur-de-lys, one for each of the gospels. From Wordnik.com. [Huguenot Symbol - how deeply encoded was it?] Reference
Our flag, even, has a white cross with four fleur-de-lys on it. From Wordnik.com. [Do targeted killings contradict Jewish values? | Jewschool] Reference
Rank is shown as among the men, by badges, rose and fleur-de-lys. From Wordnik.com. [Women and War Work] Reference
She opened a compact case of a gold-tone metal with fleur-de-lys markings. From Wordnik.com. [The Bonesetter's Daughter]
Je vous envoie une belle fleur-de-lys la fleur officialle de l'etat de Tennessee. From Wordnik.com. [baba cool - French Word-A-Day] Reference
Je vous envoie une belle fleur-de-lys (la fleur officialle de l'etat de Tennessee). From Wordnik.com. [baba cool - French Word-A-Day] Reference
You call upon the lords of the surrounding castles with a gold fleur-de-lys in your cravat. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Has that jar a fleur-de-lys on the lid, Sassenach?" he asked, wiping the ointment from his leg. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
The ornamental border of fleur-de-lys is entirely different from those in the S.G. Isle of Pines. From Wordnik.com. [The Isle Of Pines (1668) and An Essay in Bibliography by Worthington Chauncey Ford] Reference
Clotilde also received the banner of France, with three fleur-de-lys on it instead of three frogs. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
It's obviously a coal effect gas fire with a faux beaten copper canopy and fleur-de-lys embellishment. From Wordnik.com. [Cake Wrecks the Game Show?] Reference
The trident and the fleur-de-lys are thunderweapons because they represent forms of Horus or his mother. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
The binding is 3/4 red cloth with gold fleur-de-lys, with a cream spine and red title inset on the spine. From Wordnik.com. [2007 August] Reference
It was distinct from the heraldic banner of the French kings semis of fleur-de-lys on azure, as expected. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-15] Reference
It incorporates both beautiful forms, detailing and colour -- even down to the fleur-de-lys upon the staves. From Wordnik.com. [The Ceremonies of St-Eugène, Paris] Reference
Suddenly my fingers fell on a knife, the fleur-de-lys design on the hilt flashing in the last embers of sunlight. From Wordnik.com. [Black Butterfly] Reference
Long skeins of fabric had been attached to them lengthways and I squinted to make out the design on them: a fleur-de-lys. From Wordnik.com. [Black Butterfly] Reference
The squadron entered the beautiful harbor of Newport with flying flags and pennons bright with the golden fleur-de-lys of France. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880] Reference
Gaspé he set up a cross with the royal arms, the fleur-de-lys, carved on it, and a legend meaning, "Long live the King of France!". From Wordnik.com. [French Pathfinders in North America] Reference
In case you cannot gather a fleur-de-lys leaf, I have drawn for you, in. From Wordnik.com. [Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers] Reference
And he looked fixedly at the messenger from the kingdom of the fleur-de-lys, while. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Esquires The Jewel of France] Reference
Not less the new bearing of the shield, the red fleur-de-lys, has another meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Val d'Arno] Reference
You see that the crest of the waves at the top form a rude likeness of a fleur-de-lys. From Wordnik.com. [Val d'Arno] Reference
About the old walnut tree where they had been sitting there grew in the long grass fleur-de-lys and myrtle. From Wordnik.com. [Together] Reference
Copy the rough map fig. 2, and put the fleur-de-lys all over the middle of it, extinguishing the Romans (fig. 3). From Wordnik.com. [Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens] Reference
"The fleur-de-lys, which is the flower of chivalry," says Ruskin, "has a sword for its leaf and a lily for its heart.". From Wordnik.com. [Wild Flowers Worth Knowing] Reference
"Now, give us the keys of your closets;" they want to be sure that there are no fleur-de-lys or other illegal articles. From Wordnik.com. [The French Revolution - Volume 3] Reference
But now let us think a little more closely what our changed symbols in the map may mean -- five fleur-de-lys for level bar. From Wordnik.com. [Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens] Reference
Pages in dazzling dress carried above Joan's head a canopy of scarlet velvet, ornamented with fleur-de-lys in gold and plumes. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Crimes (Complete)] Reference
At the back of the court stood an altar, and upon the steps lay two crimson velvet cushions embroidered with the fleur-de-lys of. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Crimes (Complete)] Reference
On the calm waters of the mighty St. Lawrence stand in bold relief three ships of the discoverer of Canada, flying the fleur-de-lys. From Wordnik.com. [The Stamps of Canada] Reference
After these came the court of Lewis XIV. of France, as I perceived by his arms -- the three fleur-de-lys on a silver banner reared high. From Wordnik.com. [The Visions of the Sleeping Bard] Reference
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