Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Labarum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Labarum \Lab"a*rum\, n.; pl. {Labara}. [L.]
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)
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