# Cross fleury

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{{short description|Heraldic charge}}
thumb|150px|A cross fleury
A '''cross fleury''' (or '''flory''') is a cross adorned at the ends with flowers in [heraldry](/source/heraldry).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Newton |first1=William |title=A Display of Heraldry |date=1846 |publisher=William Pickering |page=165 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mqpfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA165&dq=Cross+flory  |access-date=16 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> It generally contains the [fleur-de-lis](/source/fleur-de-lis), [trefoil](/source/trefoil)s, etc. Synonyms or minor variants include ''fleuretty'', ''fleuronny'', ''floriated'' and ''flourished''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gough |first1=Henry |title=A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry |date=1894 |publisher=J. Parker |page=[https://archive.org/details/aglossarytermsu08parkgoog/page/n300 267] |url=https://archive.org/details/aglossarytermsu08parkgoog |quote=Cross fleury or flory. |access-date=16 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

In early armory, it is not consistently distinguished from the ''[cross patonce](/source/cross_patonce)''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Berry |first1=William |title=Encyclopædia Heraldica: Or, Complete Dictionary of Heraldry |date=1828 |publisher=author |page=191 |url=https://archive.org/details/b28745243_0003 |quote=Cross fleury flory or cross patonce. |access-date=16 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [Charge (heraldry)](/source/Charge_(heraldry))
* [Cross](/source/Cross)

==References==
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