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labarum definition

laba·rum (lab′ə rəm)

noun pl. labara -·ra (-rə)

the royal cavalry standard carried before the Roman emperors in war, esp. that first carried by Constantine, the first emperor to adopt Christianity: it usually bore the first two letters (XP) of the Greek Christos (Christ)

Etymology: LL (> LGr labaron) < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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