The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . hteenth century. Labarraijues fluid or solution. See fluid. labarum (), n. [LL., in LGr. MjSapoi;also yiafiui>in>, Idihupop; origin obscure; accord-ing to Baillet (), < Basquelabarva, a stanilard;according to Larra-mendi (Dice, trilin-gue), of Cantabriauorigin, < laubiiru,aay-thing with four headsor limbs, such as thecruciform frameworkof a military LL. cantahrum, astandard, a variantreading of labarum insome passages
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . hteenth century. Labarraijues fluid or solution. See fluid. labarum (), n. [LL., in LGr. MjSapoi;also yiafiui>in>, Idihupop; origin obscure; accord-ing to Baillet (), < Basquelabarva, a stanilard;according to Larra-mendi (Dice, trilin-gue), of Cantabriauorigin, < laubiiru,aay-thing with four headsor limbs, such as thecruciform frameworkof a military LL. cantahrum, astandard, a variantreading of labarum insome passages, CrtHf((ficr,Cantabri-au, pi. Cantabri, theCantabrians: seeCoH-tahrian.] 1. A Ro-man military stan-dard adopted by thelater emperors as theimperial consisted of a staff orlance carrying a pui-plebanneronacross-bai. This banner usually bore the effigy of the general or emperor;but Constantine the Great, after his conversion, placedupon it, woven in gold, the cross and the monogram (chris-mii) or emblem of Christ, -P or -^\ consisting of the Greekletters X V (Ohr). standing for Christ. In later times the3315. Ecclesiastical Labarum. name was given to the monogram itself, or to the cross inthe monc^gram. 2. A standard or banner of similar form, bornein ecclesiastical processions of the Roman Cath-olic Church.—3. Figuratively, a moral stan-dard, guide, or device. It is now the Pagans who have seized the labarum ofduty and self-sacrifice. F. P. Cobbe, Peak in Darien, p. 5. Labatia (la-bati-ii), n. [NL. (Swartz, 1797),named after a French monk and botanist JeanBaptiste Labat.] A genus of tropical Ameri-can trees belonging to the gamopetalous orderSapotacea, tribe Pouteriea, having a 4-partedcalyx, 5 fertile and 5 abortive stamens, a 4-celledovary, and fleshy fiiiit. Five species are known,natives of the West Indies and Brazil,labbe^t, «• A Middle English foim of ^t, la-beet. A contraction or corruptionof let be. See let-. Chancer. Heel purchase indu
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