fane
a temple.
Archaic. a church.
Origin of fane
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How to use fane in a sentence
Even those invaders who remained as conquerors deemed it a pious work to build their mosques with the stones of ruined fanes.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir | Sir James McCrone DouieVidar and Vali will the gods' holy fanes inhabit, when Surt's fire shall be quenched.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre SturlesonO'er fanes and offer-steads he rules by hundreds, yet was not among the Æsir born.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre SturlesonThe fanes symbolize the funeral pyre, for whoever enters the nether world must scorn the fear of death.
The Younger Edda | SnorreReferences to religion and religious ceremonies and fanes are of the slightest kind.
The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship | Robert Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for fane
/ (feɪn) /
archaic, or poetic a temple or shrine
Origin of fane
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