fleur-de-lys

• “It incorporates both beautiful forms, detailing and colour -- even down to the fleur-de-lys upon the staves.”

  The Ceremonies of St-Eugène, Paris

• “This was surmouted onto a cross with fleur-de-lys.”

  Cardinal Newman at Birmingham: His Relics (Part 2 of 3)

• “The bed, which incorporates two fleur-de-lys, is rumored to have been made for a favorite retreat of Louis XIV, though that has never been substantiated.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A Bed (Not for Sleeping)

• “Je vous envoie une belle fleur-de-lys (la fleur officialle de l'etat de Tennessee).”

  baba cool - French Word-A-Day

• “Basque cross, or "lauburu," * a symbol of prosperity, is to the Basque what the fleur-de-lys is to France, and though you won't find as many French streets "fleurdelisé," * when in Basque country you will see the cross-shaped lauburu partout!”

  French Word-A-Day:

• “But Pope Paul had the fleur-de-lys on his coat-of-arms, and he was the Pope who published Humanae Vitae, exalting chaste love during the a time when chastity was becoming a rare commodity.”

  Archive 2009-03-01

• “There were four fleur-de-lys, one for each of the gospels.”

  Archive 2009-05-01

• “Between the arms of the cross, the fancier pendants had the image of a flower of French or­igins, the fleur-de-lys which represented the Trinity.”

  Archive 2009-05-01

• “The binding is 3/4 red cloth with gold fleur-de-lys, with a cream spine and red title inset on the spine.”

  2007 August

• “Clotilde also received the banner of France, with three fleur-de-lys on it instead of three frogs.”

  St. Clotilde - Icon of motherhood Part II

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