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lăbărum, i, n., = λαβαρόν, the labarum, a Roman military standard of the later times, richly ornamented with gold and precious stones, and bearing the effigy of the general. Constantine the Great placed upon it a crown, a cross, and the initial letters of the name Jesus Christus, and made it the imperial standard, Prud. ap. Symm. 1, 487; Tert. Apol. 16.

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lăbărum

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lăbărum

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labarum

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25478

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n25461

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labarum

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