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Definition of Vexilla

Vexilla
Vexillum Vex*il"lum, n.; pl. Vexilla. [L., a standard, a flag.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A flag or standard. (b) A company of troops serving under one standard. 2. (Eccl.) (a) A banner. (b) The sign of the cross. 3. (Bot.) The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower; the standard. 4. (Zo["o]l.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane.

Meaning of Vexilla from wikipedia

- The vexillum (/vɛkˈsɪləm/; pl.: vexilla) was a flag-like object used as a military standard by units in the Roman army. A common vexillum displa**** imagery...
- Vexilla regis prodeunt (Ecclesiastical Latin: [vɛɡˈzilːa ˈrɛːd͡ʒis]; often known in English translation as The Royal Banner Forward Goes) is a Latin hymn...
- Vexilla regis (The royal banner), WAB 51, is the final motet written by the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner. Bruckner composed it on 9 February 1892...
- King John of Portugal, and Eberlin's "Tenebrae factae sunt", followed by "Vexilla Regis" is sung, translated from Latin as the standards of the King advance...
- Species within the genus Vexilla include: Vexilla taeniata (Powis, 1835) Vexilla vexillum (Gmelin, 1791) Synonyms Vexilla (Usilla) H. Adams, 1861: synonym...
- Vexilla taeniata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Vexilla taeniata (Powis...
- country Flags of the United States Armed Forces Flags of the World (FOTW) Vexilla Mundi - National and Regional Flags Cyber-flag (french site) North American...
- March 2025. "Vexilla Galliae devient une revue papier". Le Salon Beige [fr]. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2025. "Vexilla Galliae". Vexilla Galliae. Retrieved...
- Vexilla vexillum, common name the vexillum rock snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails...
- from the standard carried by legionary detachments, the vexillum (pl.: vexilla), which bore the emblem and name of the parent legion. Although commonly...