Labarum

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An ecclesiastical banner, especially one carried in processions.
  • n. The banner adopted by Constantine I after his conversion to Christianity.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The Roman military standard adopted by Constantine I. The banner was known for its Christian chi-rho sign - ☧.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two letters (ΧΡ) (which appear like the English letters X and P), of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to various modifications of this standard.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A Roman military standard adopted by the later emperors as the imperial standard.
  • n. A standard or banner of similar form, borne in ecclesiastical processions of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • n. Figuratively, a moral standard, guide, or device.
    • Word Usage
    "The term labarum, which is of uncertain derivation, was probably familiar in the Roman army from the reign of Hadrian."
     
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