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Gonfalonier
Gonfalonier Gon`fa*lon*ier", n. [F. gonfalonier: cf. It. gonfaloniere.] He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer; as: (a) An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church. (b) The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in medi[ae]veal Italy. (c) A Turkish general, and standard keeper.

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- The gonfalon, gonfanon, gonfalone (from the early Italian confalone) is a type of heraldic flag or banner, often pointed, swallow-tailed, or with several...
- never had a decree granting a gonfalon and makes use of a large flag instead of a gonfalon. The exact date of the adoption of the gonfalon is unknown...
- fleeter than birds, Tinker and Evers and Chance. Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble, Making a Giant hit into a doubleWords that are heavy with nothing...
- The Union of Orthodox Banner-Bearers (SPKh; Russian: Союз православных хоругвеносцев; СПХ; Soyuz pravoslavnykh khorugvenostsev, SPKh) is a Russian nat...
- a gonfalon. Ancient Rome portal Vexilla Regisearly Christian hymn whose first line uses this word, referring to the cross as a standard Gonfalon Banner...
- The Pietà Gonfalon (Italian - Gonfalone con la Pietà) is a c. 1472 tempera on canvas painting by Pietro Perugino, now in the Galleria ****onale dell'Umbria...
- Gigas and the Codex Argenteus. The earliest evidence indicates that a gonfalon with a muni****l charge painted on it was used for the Old Town as early...
- Heraldic flags include banners, standards, pennons and their variants, gonfalons, guidons, and pinsels. Specifications governing heraldic flags vary from...
- chorągiew, Romanian: prapur, Finnish: kirkkolippu, sometimes translated as gonfalon) is a religious banner used liturgically in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern...
- were depicted kneeling at the coronation, in the act of receiving the gonfalon from the Saint. "Long live Saint Mark!" was the Republic of Venice's battle...