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Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Late Latin Date: 1606 an imperial standard of the later Roman emperors resembling the vexillum; especially the standard bearing the Chi-Rho adopted by Constantine after his conversion to Christianity

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a symbolic banner. 2 Constantine the Great's imperial standard, with Christian symbols added to Roman military symbols. Etymology: LL: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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)