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labarum

noun
lab·a·rum | \ˈla-bə-rəm \

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

First Known Use of labarum

1606, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for labarum

Late Latin

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