Word: leekly
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...Government announced some time ago that it would decorate with the Order of Agricultural Merit, disrespectfully termed the "Order of the Leek," all those who could produce documentary evidence proving that their families had farmed the same land continuously for at least three centuries. This brought forth about 750 families with the necessary qualifications, the record being held by the La Fargues of Coutie near Moliéres,, who have lived on the same estate since 772, or two years after Charlemagne had succeeded his father as ruler of the entire Prankish monarchy...