labarum

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for labarum

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labarum : ලැබාරු ධජය

labarum definition

Noun. 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 crowNoun. 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.