How To Use Fleur-de-lys In A Sentence
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A little farther away, in the crowd, a young man with a blue tie and a fleur-de-lys in his buttonhole, sells pamphlets of monarchist poetry in honor of Louis de Bourbon for 5 euros.
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Basque cross, or "lauburu," * a symbol of prosperity, is to the Basque what the fleur-de-lys is to France, and though you won't find as many French streets "fleurdelisé," * when in Basque country you will see the cross-shaped lauburu partout!
French Word-A-Day:
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There were four fleur-de-lys, one for each of the gospels.
Archive 2009-05-01
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Between the arms of the cross, the fancier pendants had the image of a flower of French origins, the fleur-de-lys which represented the Trinity.
Archive 2009-05-01
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The bed, which incorporates two fleur-de-lys, is rumored to have been made for a favorite retreat of Louis XIV, though that has never been substantiated.
A Bed (Not for Sleeping)
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The royal entry staged by Troyes only a few days earlier emphasized the city's love for the king and culminated with a traditional scene in which a young girl presented the king with a heart of gold that opened to reveal a fleur-de-lys.
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But Pope Paul had the fleur-de-lys on his coat-of-arms, and he was the Pope who published Humanae Vitae, exalting chaste love during the a time when chastity was becoming a rare commodity.
Archive 2009-03-01
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In the spandril above the outer archway is carved, 'amid elegant scroll-work and foliage, an arm, vested in an ermine maunch, the hand grasping a golden fleur-de-lys' -- the old coat-armour of the Mohuns; and on the other spandril 'three lions passant in pale,' the bearing of the Carews.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts
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Je vous envoie une belle fleur-de-lys (la fleur officialle de l'etat de Tennessee).
Baba cool - French Word-A-Day
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The binding is 3/4 red cloth with gold fleur-de-lys, with a cream spine and red title inset on the spine.
2007 August
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This was surmouted onto a cross with fleur-de-lys.
Cardinal Newman at Birmingham: His Relics (Part 2 of 3)
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Macleod described this as ‘a noble room, lined with gilt fleur-de-lys on dark blue walls.
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This remained the arms of English kings until 1340, when Edward III asserted his claim to the French throne and added the French arms of gold fleur-de-lys scattered on a blue background.
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The arms were blue, and scattered with the famous gold fleur-de-lys of France.
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French Canada also has its monarchical tradition but to a different royal house: the provincial flag of Quebec resurrects the fleur-de-lys of the Bourbon kings.
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It incorporates both beautiful forms, detailing and colour -- even down to the fleur-de-lys upon the staves.
The Ceremonies of St-Eugène, Paris
