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    • Fleur-de-lis is the stylized depiction of the lily flower. The name itself derives from ancient Greek λείριον > Latin lilium > French lis. The lily has always been the symbol of fertility and purity, and in Christianity it symbolizes the Immaculate Conception. See more

    Overview

    The fleur-de-lis, also spelled fleur-de-lys (plural fleurs-de-lis or fleurs-de-lys), is a common heraldic charge in the (stylized) shape of a lily (in French, fleur and lis mean 'flower' and 'lily' respectively). Most notably, the fleur-d… See more

    Origin

    According to Pierre-Augustin Boissier de Sauvages, an 18th-century French naturalist and lexicographer:
    The old fleurs-de-lis, especially the ones found in our first kings' sceptres, have a lot less in com… See more

    Dynastic and related territorial heraldry

    For the transition from religious to dynastic symbolism and the beginning of European heraldic use of the fleur-de-lis, see France section, chronologically followed by England through claims to the French crown. … See more

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