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oriflamme

/awr-uh-flam, or-/US // ˈɔr əˌflæm, ˈɒr- //UK // (ˈɒrɪˌflæm) //

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the red banner of St. Denis, near Paris, carried before the early kings of France as a military ensign.
    • : any ensign, banner, or standard, especially one that serves as a rallying point or symbol.

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Examples

  • What struck their fancy most was certainly the colour and design of the new oriflamme.

  • It was akin to the pawing of the mediaeval charger when he knew it near the time for the oriflamme to be advanced.

  • That was the first time the oriflamme of St. Denis was carried as the national emblem.

  • How it pressed forward an oriflamme of joy, through all ranks and peoples; how the world rang with the wonder of it!

  • The oriflamme had gone, and so had the blue and silver banner, but here were desperate men ready to fight to the death.