fleur-de-lys
noun
fleurs-de-lys
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pluralof fleur-de-lys.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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To ensure recognition of the French connection, everything is paved with fleurs-de-lys embroidered in gold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
Last year's winner, Richard Wright, has painted the west stairwell of the Dean Gallery with a radiating pattern of tiny black flowers resembling thousands of fleurs-de-lys.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2010
The same king also gave to the small church of São Miguel a silver processional cross, all embossed with oak leaves, and ending in fleurs-de-lys, which rises from two superimposed octagons, covered with Gothic ornament.
From Portuguese Architecture by Walter Crum Watson
Skulls, tears, and fleurs-de-lys are thrown about in profusion; the motto, "Memento mori," looks out at you from among floreated ornaments; Jesus and Marie are placed on a level.
From Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs by J. Herbert (John Herbert) Slater
Just over the brow is a band-coronet, studded with pearls and crested by fleurs-de-lys, and her fingers are ornamented with rings.
From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by William Henry Hamilton Rogers
