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fan·on

   [fan-uhn]
noun Ecclesiastical.
1.
a maniple.
2.
Also called orale. a striped scarflike vestment worn by the pope over the alb when celebrating solemn Pontifical Mass.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English fano(u)n < Anglo-French; Old French fanum < Old Low Franconian *fano piece of fabric; compare Old High German, Old Saxon fano in same sense (German Fahne flag), early Medieval Latin fano maniple; see vane, gonfalon

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Fa·non

   [fan-uhn; Fr. fa-nawn]
noun
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fanon (ˈfænən)
 
—n
1.  a collar-shaped vestment worn by the pope when celebrating mass
2.  (formerly) various pieces of embroidered fabric used in the liturgy
 
[Middle English, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German fano cloth]

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