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noun

Gonfanon, Gonfalon n.

The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or states, such as the mediaeval republics of Italy, and in more recent times by the pope.

A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast itself. "Standards and gonfalons, 'twixt van and rear, Stream in the air."

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Etymology of 'Gonfanon'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... called him her oriflamme, because he was her oriflamme, or, as in modern language she would have expressed it, her standard.[704] The oriflamme was the royal banner. No one at Chinon had seen it, but marvellous things were told of it. The oriflamme was in the form of a gonfanon with two wings, made of a costly silk, fine and light, called sandal,[705] and it was edged with tassels of green silk. It had come down from heaven; it was the banner of Clovis and of Saint Charlemagne. When the King went to war it was carried before ...

— The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) • Anatole France