Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - fleury

 adjective  Etymology: alteration of Middle English flory, from Anglo-French flore, flowered from flur, flor flower — more at flower  Date: 15th century of a heraldic cross having the ends of the arms broadening out into the heads of fleurs-de-lis — see cross illustration FLEURY  I. biographical name Andre-Hercule de 1653-1743 French cardinal & statesman  II. biographical name Claude 1640-1723 French ecclesiastical historian