fane
Americannoun
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a temple.
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Archaic. a church.
noun
Etymology
Origin of fane
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin fānum temple, sanctuary
Example Sentences
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To address that challenge, Fane and colleague Yash Chabra, PhD, both Assistant Professors in the Cancer Signaling and Microenvironment Research Program, helped establish an aged mouse facility at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
See below for the full list of tour dates, and head to Fane to purchase tickets in your city.
From Salon • Nov. 4, 2022
Standing in a cemetery of abandoned boats, Mohamed Fane picks a West African franc off the floor and shudders at the traumatic memory of his voyage from Senegal to the Canary Islands.
From Reuters • Aug. 11, 2022
About 210 pupils at Fane Street Primary in Belfast are "newcomers" - pupils who did not originally have English or Irish as their first language.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2022
Fane took their arms to cross the road, and Sylvia, though he caught her arm close to him, felt drearily how mechanical its gesture was toward her, how vital toward Lily.
From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton
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