These are generally ensigns of dignity; their form and use varies in different Churches, and they often represent special privileges conferred by the popes, e.g. [Please select]
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The "little ones" were the very young men--smooth-cheeked ensigns, etc. [Please select]
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He is told the soldiers will not obey, or raise the ensigns (_signa laturi_). [Please select]
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Cæsar, seeing the enemy’s camp deserted, orders the military ensigns (plumes, shields, &c.) [Please select]
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Past him they sped, gigantic, great ensigns of desperate valour, war goddesses, valkyries,. [Please select]
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France and Holland ceased to carry cargoes beneath their own ensigns. [Please select]
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The impetuosity of the enemy is such that the soldiers have time neither to put on the ensigns,[264] nor to take the covering from their bucklers, nor even to put on their helmets. [Please select]
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The legionary, heavily armed, and accustomed to combat in line, could neither pursue the enemy in his retreat, nor move too far from his ensigns. [Please select]
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