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Look up: Labarum

  1. Labarum
    Military standard of the Christian Roman emperors, an adaptation of the older cavalry standard. It was first used in 312 by Constantine the Great. ...
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  2. labarum
    The Byzantine military standard of Constantine the Great, which included the chi-rho sign.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  3. Labarum
    Lab'a·rum noun ; plural Labara . [ Latin ] 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 cro...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/1

  4. Labarum
    • (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 (CHR) of the name of Christ in its Greek form. La...
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  5. labarum
    sacred military standard of the Christian Roman emperors, first used by Constantine I in the early part of the 4th century . The labarum—a Christian ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/2

  6. Labarum
    A labarum is a standard or banner carried in Christian religious processions.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  7. Labarum
    The `labarum` () was a vexillum (military standard) that displayed the "Chi-Rho" symbol <big>☧</big> , formed from the first two Greek letters of the word "ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ-->, or Χριστός) — Chi (letter)|Chi (χ) a...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labarum

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