Word: honisoit
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...throne room at Windsor Castle, Elizabeth herself adorned him with the ancient insignia of the Order: the golden collar, the "great George," the "lesser George," the Star and the Garter itself, a band of dark blue edged with gold and embroidered with the famed admonition of Edward III, "Honisoit qui mal y pense."-Later, in St. George's Chapel, Lord Halifax, Chancellor of the Order, read aloud the new knight's name and style ("Sir"), and he was led to a stall hung with the lion rampant of the Churchills...
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