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 original form was some fixed object such as we have seen on the Egyptian and Roman examples, and the vexillum and labarum were transitional forms.
From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Andrew Macgeorge
Now with the laurel bough from Helicon And now with sword barbarian, thou sweepest; And on the fields of thy great labarum, I see a double headed image drawn.
From Life Immovable First Part by Aristides E. (Aristides Evangelus) Phoutrides
One would imagine from all this that there was only one labarum.
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
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 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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