gest
or geste
a story or tale.
a deed or exploit.
Archaic. a metrical romance or history.
Origin of gest
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How to use gest in a sentence
Finally, Assad was back in the diplomatic arena, strengthened by his beau geste.
For Bashar Al-Assad, Crossing Obama's Red Line Was a Win-Win | Anna Momigliano | November 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTEsterello consoles him with more stories from the Chansons de geste and the songs of the Troubadours.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerAgain, the later remanieurs of the earliest Chansons de Geste modernise the details of these poems.
Homer and His Age | Andrew LangThe Teutonic epics were obscure and intense, the French chansons de geste are lucid and easy.
The poem is the first of the great French heroic poems known as "chansons de geste."
Cest la chanson de geste qui continue: cest la croisade qui nest point finie, cest Dieu transparaissant travers la France purifie.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
British Dictionary definitions for gest
geste
/ (dʒɛst) /
a notable deed or exploit
a tale of adventure or romance, esp in verse: See also chanson de geste
Origin of gest
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