Labarum

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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
     ([Chi][RHO]) (which appear like the English letters X and P),


     of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was
     given to various modifications of this standard.
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