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gonfalonier|ˌgɒnfələˈnɪə(r)|
Also 6 gonfalonner, 7 confalonier, gonfollinere. Also 8–9 (in Ital. form) gonfaloniere.
[a. F. gonfalonier or It. gonfaloniere, f. prec.]
The bearer of a gonfalon, a standard-bearer; spec. (a) the title of the chief magistrate (or other official) in several Italian republics; (b) (see quot. 1706).
1586T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. (1589) 588 In other places they have Gonfalonners, as at Lucques. 1659Bp. Wren Monarchy Asserted x. 122 Had she [Florence] not..her Magistrates Executing? Was not the Rotation too provided for by the Annual Election of her Gonfalonier? 1673Ray Journ. Low C. 378, 2 Priors and a Confalonier. 1706in Phillips (ed. Kersey), Gonfalonier, the Pope's Standard-bearer, which Office is claim'd as Hereditary by the Dukes of Parma. 1756Nugent Gr. Tour III. 311 Here the cardinal legate, and the gonfaloniere with his counsellors, usually reside. 1802Brookes' Gazetteer (ed. 12) s.v. Lucca, The head of this republic has the name of gonfalonier, who has the executive power. 1889Athenæum 27 July 126/2 Four years after the execution of Savonarola the people of Florence..elected Piero Soderini Gonfalonier for life.
Hence ˌgonfaloˈniership, the office of a gonfalonier.
1726Leoni Life Alberti in A.'s Archit. 1 The Albertis nine times possessed the Gonfalonership. 1889Athenæum 17 Aug. 214/3 A crowned Gonfaloniership of the Church, leaving the Holy Father nominally free in Rome. |