Crossword-Solution: LABARUM
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| Labarum | n. | The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two letters (CHR) of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to various modifications of this standard. |
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| symbolic banner | 1 answer |
| CHURCH BANNER | 11 answers |
| BANNER ___ | 45 answers |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
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Sentences with LABARUM (5)
The solemn epithets of, safety of the republic, glory of the army, restoration of public happiness, are equally applied to the religious and military trophies; and there is still extant a medal of the emperor Constantius, where the standard of the labarum is accompanied with these memorable words, BY THIS SIGN THOU SHALT CONQUER.
Christus _purpureum_ gemmanti textus in auro Signabat _Labarum_, clypeorum insignia Christus Scripserat; ardebat summis crux addita cristis.
His throne of state was encircled with the military ensigns of Rome and the republic; the holy name of Christ was erased from the _Labarum;_ and the symbols of war, of majesty, and of pagan superstition, were so dexterously blended, that the faithful subject incurred the guilt of idolatry, when he respectfully saluted the person or image of his sovereign.
Jovian was educated in the profession of Christianity; and as he marched from Nisibis to Antioch, the banner of the Cross, the Labarum of Constantine, which was again displayed at the head of the legions, announced to the people the faith of their new emperor.
But the principal standard which displayed the triumph of the cross was styled the Labarum, an obscure, though celebrated name, which has been vainly derived from almost all the languages of the world.