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Another word for oriflamme

noun

Fabric used especially as a symbol:

banderole, banner, banneret, color (used in plural), ensign, flag¹, jack, pennant, pennon, standard, streamer. See substitute

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Oriflamme, or the flag of St Denis was used in the Middle Ages.
He is the Christian emperor directly inspired by angels; his sword Joyeuse contained the point of the lance used in the Passion; his standard was Romaine, the banner of St Peter, which, as the oriflamme of Saint Denis, was later to be borne in battle before the kings of France; and in 1164 Charles was canonized at the desire of the emperor Frederick I.
The French army (about 7000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry) took ground exactly opposite to the enemy and in a similar formation, cavalry on the wings, infantry, including the milice des communes, in the centre, Philip with the cavalry reserve and the Oriflamme in rear of the foot.

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