Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The flag of the order of the Templars, half black and half white, and bearing the inscription, “Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed no-mini tuo da gloriam.”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The black and white standard of the Knights Templars.
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- noun The black and white
standard of the Knights Templar.
Etymologies
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French beaucéant.
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One reason I've been intrigued with the Templars aside from their fascinating history since I first started looking into the origins of chess is because of the battle flag they adopted early on in their formation: the "beauseant."
Archive 2008-03-01 Jan 2008
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