'Vexilla' definitions:

Definition of 'Vexilla'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Eccl.) (a) A banner. (b) The sign of the cross. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Bot.) The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower; the standard. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Zool.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane. [1913 Webster]