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• VEXILLUM (Lat. dim. of velum, piece of cloth, sail, awning, or from vehere, vest um, to carry)

VEXILLUM (See also:

• LAT

Lat. dim. of velum, piece of See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, See also:

• SAIL

sail, awning, or from vehere, vest um, to carry)  , the name for a small See also:

• ENSIGN (through the Fr. enseigne from the Latin plural insignia)

ensign consisting of a square See also:

• CLOTH

cloth suspended from a See also:

• CROSS

cross-piece fixed to a See also:

• SPEAR (O. Eng. spere, O. H. Ger. sper, mod. Ger. speer, &c., cf. Lat. sparrs; probably related to " spar, " a beam)

spear . The See also:

• VEXILLUM (Lat. dim. of velum, piece of cloth, sail, awning, or from vehere, vest um, to carry)

vexillum was strictly the ensign of the See also:

• MANIPLE (Lat. manipulus, from minus, hand, and plere, to fill)

maniple, as signum was of the See also:

• COHORT (Lat. cohors)

cohort, but the See also:

• TERM

term came to be used for all See also:

• STANDARDS

standards or ensigns other than the See also:

• EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

eagle (See also:

• AQUILA
• AQUILA ('AxdXas), (1)
• AQUILA, CASPAR [KASPAR ADLER] (1488-1560)
• AQUILA, SERAFINO

aquila) of the See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

legion (see See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

FLAG) . See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar (B.G. ii . 20) uses the phrase vexillum proponere of the red flag hoisted over the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general's See also:

• TENT

tent as a See also:

• SIGNAL

signal for the See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march or See also:

• BATTLE

battle . The See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard-See also:

• BEARER

bearer of the maniple was styled vexillarius, but by the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire vexillum and vexillarius had gained a new significance . See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• TACITUS, MARCUS CLAUDIUS

Tacitus uses these terms frequently both of a See also:

• BODY

body of soldiers serving apart from the legion under a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate standard, and also with the addition of some word implying connexion with a legion of those soldiers who, after serving sixteen years with the legion, continued their service, under their own vexillum, with the legion . The term is also used for the See also:

• SCARF

scarf wrapped See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop's See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff (q.v.) . See also:

• MODERN

Modern See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science has adopted the word for the See also:

• WEB (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Du. webbe, Dan. vaev, Ger. Gewebe, all from the Teutonic wabh—to weave)

web or vein of a See also:

• FEATHER (0. Eng. (ether, Ger. Feder, from an Indo-European root seen also in Gr. lrrepov, and aEreo-Oat, to fly)

feather of a See also:

• BIRD

bird and of the large upper petal of See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, such as the See also:

• PEA (Pisum)

pea, whose corolla is shaped like a butterfly .