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Synonyms for oriflamme

Grammar : Noun
Spell : awr-uh-flam, or-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr əˌflæm, ˈɒr-

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Définition of oriflamme

Origin :
  • sacred banner of St. Denis, late 15c., from Old French orie flambe, from Latin aurea flamma "golden flame." The ancient battle standard of the kings of France, it was of red or orange-red silk, with two or three points, and was given to the kings by the abbot of St. Denis on setting out to war. Cotgrave says it was "borne at first onely in warres made against Infidells; but afterwards vsed in all other warres; and at length vtterly lost in a battell against the Flemings." It is last mentioned in an abbey inventory of 1534.
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Example sentences :
  • To you, Geoffrey de Chargny, I intrust the oriflamme this day.
  • Extract from : « Sir Nigel » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Advance the oriflamme, Geoffrey, and do you marshal the divisions, Arnold.
  • Extract from : « Sir Nigel » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The galley which bore the oriflamme was one of the first to touch.
  • Extract from : « A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times » by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
  • The owner of this oriflamme looked like a young Scandinavian god.
  • Extract from : « Idolatry » by Julian Hawthorne
  • At length, however, Jeffrey de Charny was killed, and the oriflamme fell.
  • Extract from : « Saint George for England » by G. A. Henty
  • Oriflamme has large lanceolate-green leaves, with violet veins, a vigorous showy plant with salmon-orange flowers.
  • Extract from : « Talks about Flowers. » by M. D. Wellcome
  • For him ambition blazed like an oriflamme and he had dared to gamble everything on his belief in himself.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of Weakness » by Charles Neville Buck
  • We ask no wages—seek no fame!Sew us for shroud round face and name,God's banner of the oriflamme.''
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 » by Various
  • It was doubtless unique in the district and familiar: an oriflamme of battle over the barter of dairy produce and malt liquors.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • The oriflamme was a red banner attached to a staff, and cut in the manner shown in our engraving.
  • Extract from : « Ten Thousand Wonderful Things » by Edmund Fillingham King
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