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• n  an ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a foliated fleur-de-lis

• Diana was his favorite, though, and from the moment Architect Stanford White asked him to sculpt her as a fitting finial for the Garden (then under construction), she was a labor .
• But his mask, finial, badge and troops' standard, all in one, was the helmet, on whose design much fantasy and theatrical cunning were expended.

News & Articles

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• Mediation fails in lawsuits over oldest synagogue
  Mediation has failed between the nation's oldest synagogue and first Jewish congregation, whose leaders are suing each other over a set of valuable Colonial-era Torah finial bells and over who owns and ...
  Aug. 13, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Mediation fails in lawsuits between nation's oldest synagogue, 1st Jewish congregation
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Mediation has failed between the nation's oldest synagogue and first Jewish congregation, whose leaders are suing each other over a set of valuable Colonial-era Torah finial bells and over who owns and controls the 250-year-old synagogue, attorneys for both sides told The Associated Press.
  Aug. 13, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune