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  2. Fleur-de-lis - Wikipedia

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    A silver fleur-de-lis on a blue background is the arms of the Barons Digby. [56] In English and Canadian heraldry the fleur-de-lis is the cadence mark of a sixth son. [57] A fleur-de-lis can also be seen on the flag of Monmouthshire, Wales: Per pale azure and sable three fleurs-de-lys or. [58]

  3. Symbols of Quebec - Wikipedia

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    The arms were adopted in their current form by the government of Quebec in 1939 to reflect Quebec's political history: the French regime is symbolised by the gold fleur-de-lis on a blue background; the British regime is symbolised by a gold lion on a red background; the pre-Confederation period is symbolised by three green maple leaves on a ...

  4. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    a "back-translation" from the English "pen name": author's pseudonym. Although now used in French as well, the term was coined in English by analogy with nom de guerre. nonpareil Unequalled, unrivalled; unparalleled; unique the modern French equivalent of this expression is sans pareil (literally "without equal").

  5. Priory of Sion - Wikipedia

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    The official emblem of the Priory of Sion is partly based on the fleur-de-lis, which was a symbol particularly associated with the French monarchy. [1]The Prieuré de Sion (French pronunciation: [pʁijœʁe də sjɔ̃]), translated as Priory of Sion, was a fraternal organisation founded in France and dissolved in 1956 by Pierre Plantard in his failed attempt to create a prestigious neo ...

  6. Royal badges of England - Wikipedia

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    a Fleur-de-lis Or Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) a Falcon Argent, crowned and holding a sceptre Or (for her mother; Anne Boleyn) a Tudor rose, crowned with the motto "Rose sine Spina" a Sieve; a Phoenix; a Harp Or, stringed silver, crowned; a Portcullis Or, crowned; a Fleur-de-lis Or House of Stuart (1603–1649) King James I (1603–1625)

  7. Black Madonna of Częstochowa - Wikipedia

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    The golden fleur-de-lis painted on the Virgin's blue veil parallel the heraldic azure, semée de lis, or of the French royal coat of arms and the most likely explanation for their presence is that the icon had been present in Hungary during the reign of either Charles I of Hungary or Louis the Great, the Hungarian kings of the Anjou dynasty ...

  8. Oriflamme - Wikipedia

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    The Oriflamme was first used in 1124 by Louis VI of France, [6] but a version of it remained in the Abbey of St. Denis until the 18th century. [7]Louis VI replaced the earlier banner of Saint Martin with the oriflamme of the Abbey of St. Denis, which floated about the tomb of St. Denis and was said to have been given to the abbey by Dagobert I, King of the Franks.

  9. Heraldry of McGill University - Wikipedia

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    The banner contains two silver crowns composed of fleur de lis representing Montreal's royal history and French origin. Separating these crowns is an open book, the heraldic symbol of an institution of learning, bearing the words In Domino Confido ("I trust in the Lord"), which was a motto used by James McGill.