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lab·a·rum | \ ˈla-bə-rəm 
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\Definition of labarum
: an imperial standard of the later Roman emperors resembling the vexillum especially : the standard bearing the Chi-Rho adopted by Constantine after he converted to Christianity
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The first known use of labarum was in 1563
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