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To: snugs
Fleur De Lys

What does it mean? Do you know?

161 posted on 08/29/2006 7:03:25 PM PDT by silent_jonny
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To: silent_jonny

Here is one theory

http://www.heraldica.org/topics/fdl.htm


169 posted on 08/29/2006 7:08:26 PM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME) and a true blue Conservative)
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To: silent_jonny

***Etymology: Middle English flourdelis, from Anglo-French flur de lis, literally, lily flower
1 : IRIS 3
2 : a conventionalized iris in artistic design and heraldry
[fleur-de-lis illustration]***

I'm not Snugs, but I'm answering because I've always loved that design, especially in its more simple form.


173 posted on 08/29/2006 7:11:53 PM PDT by kitkat (The first step down to hell is to deny the existence of evil.)
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