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labara

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lab⋅a⋅rum

  [lab-er-uhm]
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–noun, plural -a⋅ra  [-er-uh] .
1. an ecclesiastical standard or banner, as for carrying in procession.
2. the military standard of Constantine the Great and later Christian emperors of Rome, bearing Christian symbols.
Origin:
1650–60; < LL, of obscure orig.
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lab·a·rum   (lāb'ər-əm)   
n.   pl. lab·a·ra (-ər-ə)

  1. An ecclesiastical banner, especially one carried in processions.

  2. The banner adopted by Constantine I after his conversion to Christianity.


[Late Latin, probably from alteration of Greek labrāton, laurel-leaf standard, from Latin laureātum, neuter of laureātus, adorned with laurel; see laureate.]
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