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Definition of Fleury
1. a. Finished at the ends with fleurs-de-lis; -- said esp. of a cross so decorated.
Definition of Fleury
1. Adjective. (heraldry especially of a cross) Finished at the ends with fleurs-de-lis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fleury
1. having the arms terminating in three leaves -- used of a heraldic cross [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fleury
Literary usage of Fleury
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"No doubt there is much fabulous matter in the fleury accounts of the famous
transfer, but we must remember they were written at the time when even good ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"fleury held office from June of 1781 to March of 1783. ... fleury found that the
surplus implied in the Account did not exist even in time of peace, ..."
3. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1877)
"La Fayette says in his Memoirs that M. de fleury belonged to the ...
The Quartermaster-General received orders to present M. de fleury with a horse, ..."
4. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1863)
"fleury The language held by the generals who declared in Algeria that they would
act under ... fleury determined to find a military man capable of command, ..."
5. History of England, from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles by Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1858)
"During the Regency fleury behaved with so much prudence and ... fleury would
probably have found no difficulty in removing the Duke de Bourbon at an earlier ..."
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