- CINQUEFOIL (CINQFOIL or CINQUE-FOYLE)
- Alternative heraldic terms that describe a charge in the form of a stylized flower having five
leaves and often (but not invariably) pierced in the centre – a cinofoil, cinque-foyle, quinterfoil or quintefeuille
(see also ‘quatrefoil’ and ‘trefoil’).
Flag of All Souls College, UK (fotw);
Example;
Flag of Aetigkofen, Switzerland (fotw)
- CIPHER
- See ‘royal cypher 1)’ and ‘monogram’.
Cipher of HSH Prince Rainier III 1923 – 2005, Monaco (fotw)
- CITATION FLAG (or PENNANT)
- See ‘award flag’.
![[citation flag]](../images/v/vxt-d1060.gif)
Presidential Unit Citation Pennant, US (fotw)
- CITY ARMS (or COAT OF ARMS)
- See ‘civic arms 1)’.
![[city arms (Gloucester)]](../images/v/vxt-d4700.gif)
![[city arms (Nottingham)]](../images/v/vxt-d4282.gif)
![[city arms (Sheffield)]](../images/v/vxt-d5251.gif)
Flag of the City of Gloucester, UK (fotw);
Arms of the City of Nottingham, UK (fotw);
Flag of the City of Sheffield, UK (fotw)
- CITY FLAG
- See ‘civic flag 1)’.
![[city flag]](../images/v/vxt-d4113.gif)
![[city flag]](../images/v/vxt-d4701.gif)
![[city flag]](../images/v/vxt-d4114.gif)
Flag of the City of Leicester, UK (fotw);
Flag of the City of York, UK (fotw);
Flag of the City of Southampton, UK (fotw)
- 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’ and
‘emblem’).
Flag of
Plitvička jezera, Croatia (fotw); Arms of
Wiltshire, UK (fotw);
Flag of Pitomača, Croatia (fotw)
- 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’ (also
‘banner of arms’).
![[civic banner example]](../images/v/vxt-d1992.gif)
![[civic arms for banner example]](../images/v/vxt-d1992a.gif)
Flag and Arms of Davle, Czechia (fotw)
- CIVIC CROWN
- 1) The heraldic term for a closed garland or chaplet composed of oak leaves and acorns
(see also ‘crown triumphal’ and
‘garland’).
- 2) See ‘mural crown 1)’.
![[civic crown]](../images/v/vxt-d085.gif)
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
‘sub-national flag’ and ‘civic arms 2)’).
- 3) See ‘civil flag’.
![[civil example]](../images/v/vxt-d298.gif)
![[civil example]](../images/v/vxt-d580.gif)
![[civil example]](../images/v/vxt-d3863.gif)
Flag of Barrancos, Portugal (fotw);
Flag of Ludwigslust, Germany (fotw);
Flag of Bačice, Czechia (fotw)
- CIVIC SASH
- See ‘sash 1)’.
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 - Guyana]](../images/v/vxt-d4937.gif)
![[Civil air ensign - Ghana]](../images/v/vxt-d087b.gif)
![[Civil air ensign - Zambia]](../images/v/vxt-d2105.gif)
Civil Air Ensign, Guyana (fotw); Civil Air Ensign,
Ghana (fotw);
Civil Air Ensign, Zambia (fotw)
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]](../images/v/vxt-d4938.gif)
![[Civil aviation authority]](../images/v/vxt-d4939.gif)
![[Civil aviation authority]](../images/v/vxt-d4940.gif)
Civil Aviation Administration, Argentina (fotw);
Civil Aviation Authority, Jamaica (fotw);
Civil Aviation Authority, Trinidad and Tobago (fotw)
- CIVIL ENSIGN
- See under ‘ensign’.
![[Civil ensign - Albania]](../images/v/vxt-d2992.gif)
![[Civil ensign - Bahamas]](../images/v/vxt-d395.gif)
![[Civil ensign - Australia]](../images/v/vxt-d4964.gif)
Civil Ensign of Albania (fotw);
Civil Ensign of The Bahamas (fotw);
Civil Ensign of Australia (fotw)
- 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 Flags of Guatemala, El Salvador
and of the Canary Islands, Spain (fotw)
- CIVIL JACK
- See under ‘jack’.
Civil Jack of The Bahamas (fotw)
![[Civil ensign - Australia]](../images/v/vxt-d2535.gif)
