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Dictionary of Vexillology: C (Cinquefoil – Civil Jack)

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CINQUEFOIL (CINQFOIL or CINQUE-FOYLE)
Alternative heraldic terms that describe a charge (usually but not invariably) in the form of a stylized flower having five petals and often (but not invariably) pierced in the centre – a cinofoil, cinque-foyle, quinterfoil or quintefeuille (see also quatrefoil and trefoil).

cinquefoil example cinquefoil example Aetigkofen - Switzerland
Flag of All Souls College, UK; Flag of Gossliwil, Switzerland; Flag of Aetigkofen, Switzerland

CIPHER
See royal cypher 1) and monogram.

royal cipher example
Cipher of HSH Prince Rainier III 1923–2005, Monaco

CITATION FLAG (or PENNANT)
See award flag.

[citation flag]
Presidential Unit Citation Pennant, US

CITY ARMS (or COAT OF ARMS)
See civic arms 1).

[city arms (Gloucester)] [city arms (Nottingham)] [city arms (Sheffield)]
Flag of the City of Gloucester, UK; Arms of the City of Nottingham, UK; Flag of the City of Sheffield, UK

CITY FLAG
See civic flag 1).

[city flag] [city flag] [city flag]
Flag of the City of Leicester, UK; Flag of the City of York, UK; Flag of the City of Southampton, UK

CIVIC ARMS
1) The coat of arms or full set of armorial bearings of a municipality or urban area – municipal, borough or city arms (see also armorial bearings, civic flag 1) and coat of arms 2)).
2) In UK usage and in some others, as above but also the arms or full set of armorial bearings of a sub-national county – the county arms (see also civic flag 2)).
3) The term can also be applied to the emblems of sub-national entities that are not coats of arms or full sets of armorial bearings as defined herein (see also anti-heraldry).

Plitvička jezera Wiltshire county arms Civic arms
Flag of Plitvička jezera, Croatia; Arms of Wiltshire, UK; Flag of Pitomača, Croatia

CIVIC BANNER
1) See banner 3).
2) A term that may be used when the flag of a municipality or urban area is a banner of arms – see civic flag.

[civic banner example] [civic arms for banner example]
Flag and Arms of Davle, Czechia

CIVIC CROWN
1) The heraldic term for a closed garland or chaplet composed of oak leaves and acorns (see also crown triumphal).
2) See mural crown 1).

[civic crown]
A Heraldic Civic Crown (Parker)

CIVIC FLAG
1) The flag of a municipality or urban area – a municipal, borough or city flag (see also banner 4) and civic arms 1)).
2) In UK usage and in some others, as above but also the sub-national flag of a county (see also civic arms 2)).
3) See civil flag.

[civil example] [civil example] [civil example]
Flag of Barrancos, Portugal; Flag of Ludwigslust, Germany; Flag of Bačice, Czechia

CIVIC SASH
See sash 1).

Civic sash
Civic Sash of France

CIVIL AIR (or AVIATION) ENSIGN (or FLAG)
That flag, now increasingly obsolete, flown at civilian airports, landing fields and by some civil air authorities – but see civil aviation authority flag (also royal air mail pennant).

[Civil air ensign - Ghana] [Civil air ensign - Zambia] [Civil air ensign - Guyana]
Civil Air Ensign, South Africa c1935; Civil Air Ensign, Zambia; Civil Air Ensign, Guyana

Please note that in British use (and in that of some Commonwealth countries) such a flag is called a civil air ensign (see also air mail flag).

CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (or ADMINISTRATION) FLAG
That flag which is flown by some country’s civil aviation authorities – but see civil air ensign.

[Civil aviation authority] [Civil aviation authority] [Civil aviation administr.]
Civil Aviation Authority, Trinidad and Tobago; Civil Aviation Authority, Jamaica; Civil Aviation Administration, Argentina

CIVIL ENSIGN
See under ensign.

[Civil ensign - Albania] [Civil ensign - Bahamas] [Civil ensign - Australia]
Civil Ensign of Albania; Civil Ensign of The Bahamas; Civil Ensign of Australia

CIVIL FLAG
The version of a national or provincial flag that is for use by private citizens on land (see also national flag, official flag 2), state flag, ‘civil ensign’ under ensign and sub-national flag with following notes).

Civil Flag of Guatemala Civil Flag Civil flag - Canary Islands
Civil Flags of Guatemala, El Salvador and of the Canary Islands, Spain

CIVIL JACK
See under jack.

Civil jack - Bahamas
Civil Jack of The Bahamas

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