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Oriflamme

The ancient royal standard of France.

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Banner 76% connected

A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.

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Standard 76% connected

A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.

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Symbol 76% connected

A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emb…

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Symbolization 76% connected

The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation.

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Imagery noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Imagination noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Imaging noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Mental imagery noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Ambiguity noun · 78% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Characterisation noun · 78% connection

a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…

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Characterization noun · 78% connection

a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…

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Choice of words noun · 78% connection

the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage" - G.S.Patton

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Climate noun · 78% connection

the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

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Construction noun · 78% connection

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…

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Delineation noun · 78% connection

a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…

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Depiction noun · 78% connection

a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…

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Diction noun · 78% connection

the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage" - G.S.Patton

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Equivocalness noun · 78% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Focalisation noun · 78% connection

the act of bringing into focus

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Focalization noun · 78% connection

the act of bringing into focus

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Focusing noun · 78% connection

the act of bringing into focus

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Irony noun · 78% connection

incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"

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Ancient adjective · 78% connection

belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "anci…

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Antiquary noun · 78% connection

One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, c…

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Antique adjective · 78% connection

In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains o…

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Antiquity noun · 78% connection

A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.]

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Arriere-ban noun · 78% connection

A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take th…

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Bachelor noun · 78% connection

A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight.

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Bourbon noun · 78% connection

a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily

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Breton noun · 78% connection

A native or inhabitant of Brittany, or Bretagne, in France; also, the ancient language of Brittany; Armorican.

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Calorie noun · 78% connection

The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, on…

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Celt noun · 78% connection

One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the pres…

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Classical adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authors; "classical Greek"

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Countermark noun · 78% connection

A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a pa…

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