labarum
Americannoun
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labara
plural
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an ecclesiastical standard or banner, as for carrying in procession.
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the military standard of Constantine the Great and later Christian emperors of Rome, bearing Christian symbols.
noun
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a standard or banner carried in Christian religious processions
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the military standard bearing a Christian monogram used by Constantine the Great
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Etymology
Origin of labarum
From Late Latin, dating back to 1650–60, of obscure origin
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The Greeks, being the most numerous, captured the labarum of the Latins, and washed it in the mud; yet the monogram on it was identical with that on their own.
From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Lewis Wallace
The Latin cross is marked on the sacramental bread of the Greek communion,—which bread is also impressed with an abbreviation of the words on Constantine's labarum: "Jesus Christ overcometh."
From Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
The labarum of the emperors was similar in form, and frequently bore upon it a representation of the emperor, sometimes by himself and sometimes accompanied by the heads of members of his family.
From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Andrew Macgeorge
A miraculous tradition, something like that connected with the labarum of Constantine, hallows the Ancient Cross of St. Andrew.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike
The reverse of another coin has the legend Constantinus Aug., and represents Constantine as holding a labarum or military standard terminating in a round object.
From The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion by John Denham Parsons
The walls are in many places coated with stucco adorned with frescoes, including palms, doves, labara and other Christian symbols.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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