lab|a|rum

lab|a|rum
lab|a|rum «LAB uhr uhm», noun, plural -a|rums, -a|ra «-uhr uh».
1. a banner of purple silk having the monogram of Christ on it, borne at the head of the Roman armies after the conversation of Constantine the Great.
2. a banner or standard borne in ecclesiastical processions of the Roman Catholic Church.
3. any symbolic banner or standard.
[< Late Latin labarum imperial banner < Latin, a military banner < Greek lábaron]

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