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‖ labarum|ˈlæbərəm|
[L.; = Gr. λαβαρόν, of unknown origin.]
The imperial standard adopted by Constantine the Great (306–337 a.d.), being the Roman military standard of the late Empire modified by the addition of Christian symbols; hence gen., a symbolical standard or banner.
1658Phillips, Labarum, a military streamer, or flag, also a Church Banner, or Ensign. 1682Wheler Journ. Greece ii. 189 On the South-side..is the Labarum; which is a Knot, consisting of the first Letters of Χριστὸς, which the Christian Emperours, from Constantine, placed in their Banners. 1835Browning Paracelsus 54 A labarum was not deem'd Too much for the old founder of these walls. 1850Sir J. Stephen Ess. Eccl. Biog. (ed. 2) I. 347 The Labarum of Luther was a banner inscribed with the legend, ‘Justification by Faith’. 1850J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art §213. 206 Constantine wears the labarum and the phœnix. 1869Farrar Fam. Sp. (1873) iii. 106 That body of sacred truth..should now be inscribed upon the common labarum. |