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The site I found, a (commercial) history of the Knights Templar, offers tsuwm's "Be glorious (noble)!" as one possible meaning of the banner's name, but they're not sure, either:
The word beau is now generally conceived to mean beautiful, but it means much more than that. In medieval French it meant a lofty state, for which translators have offered such terms as "noble,""glorious," and even "magnificent." As a battle cry then, "Beau Seant" was a charge to "Be noble" or "Be Glorious."
...Other etymological suggestions include piebald, which is perhaps closer to the mark. Piebald means spotted or two color as in a piebald horse or cat. This certainly fits the description of the Beauséant, for it consisted of a black square above a white one.
http://templarhistory.com/beauseant.html
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted beau séant wwh 08/11/03 10:30 PM Re: beau séant tsuwm 08/11/03 10:43 PM Re: beau séant wwh 08/12/03 12:39 AM Re: beau séant Jackie 08/12/03 02:23 AM Re: beau séant Jackie 08/12/03 02:35 AM Re: beau séant wwh 08/12/03 01:21 PM Re: beau séant Faldage 08/12/03 01:33 PM Re: beau séant AnnaStrophic 08/12/03 03:33 PM
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