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fleury
1[ flur-ee, floor-ee ]
adjective
, Heraldry.
- terminating in fleurs-de-lis:
a cross fleury.
- ornamented with fleurs-de-lis.
Fleury
2[ flœ-ree ]
noun
- An·dré Her·cule de [ah, n, -, drey, e, r, -, kyl, d, uh], 1653–1743, French cardinal and statesman.
- Claude [klohd], 1640–1723, French ecclesiastical historian.
Fleury
/ flœri /
noun
- FleuryAndré Hercule de16531743MFrenchRELIGION: cardinalPOLITICS: statesman André Hercule de (ɑ̃dre ɛrkyl də). 1653–1743, French cardinal and statesman: Louis XV's chief adviser and virtual ruler of France (1726–43)
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Jonas Fleury used to sell homemade liquor and food to the Nepalese soldiers.
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The first white blot in the middle of the photograph is the Fleury sector.
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About 500 metres from the cross-roads is the site, on the left, of Fleury village.
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Lieutenant Fleury also suggested that he would like to be a brother to me.
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Yvonne Fleury, you know, is a French girl and her parents are dead.
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And this, says Fleury, is the only instance that we know of a stylites or pillar monk in the Western world.
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