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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1678
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Gomphion, n. [Reduced form of gonfalon or gonfanon. In later use (a 1728) as gumpheon. Cf. Gunfioun.] A funeral banner. — c 1678 Reg. Panmure I. lxvi.
The friends [of the deceased] with his … baners … impaled togethir and the great gomphion or morthead
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