单词 | gonfalon |
释义 | gonfalonn. A banner or ensign, frequently composed of or ending in several tails or streamers, suspended from a crossbar instead of being directly fastened to the pole, esp. as used by various Italian republics or in ecclesiastical processions. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > banner > types of banner bannerettec1300 gonfalon1595 banner-rag1871 1595 T. Bedingfield tr. N. Machiavelli Florentine Hist. iii. 73 For it sufficed that anie one man cried, let vs goe to such a place, or holding the Gonefalone by the hande, looked that way. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 589 Ten thousand thousand Ensignes high advanc'd, Standards, and Gonfalons twixt Van and Reare Streame in the Aire. View more context for this quotation 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Gonfalon, the Banner of the Church carry'd in the Pope's Army. 1811 W. Scott Don Roderick xxvi. 30 The fiends had burst their yoke, And waved 'gainst heaven the infernal gonfalone. 1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea III. x. 198 The priests, with images, gonfalons, and crosses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1595 |
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