2 example sentences using fleur-de-lis.
Fleur-de-lis used in a sentence
Fleur-de-lis in a sentence as a noun
FYI it is a fleur-de-lis[1], which, appropriately to the team's name, is frequently used in connection with saints. Which is also the beauty of emoji -- they don't have any meaning or intention prescribed by Unicode, only a form.
Makes sense, a few million Francophones hemmed in by hundreds of millions of Anglophones -- in order to preserve the language and culture measures need to be taken to ensure that future generations carry on the fleur-de-lis.
Fleur-de-lis definitions
noun
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
noun
(heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris
See also: fleur-de-lys