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en soleil

American  
[ahn saw-ley] / ɑn sɔˈleɪ /

adjective

Heraldry.

  1. (of a charge) surrounded by rays, as of the sun.

    a white rose en soleil.

Etymology

Origin of en soleil

< French: literally, in (the form of the) sun

Example Sentences

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The rose en soleil that wrought us so much evil at Mortimer’s Cross? 

From Grisly Grisell by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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