'Vexillum' definitions:
Definition of 'Vexillum'
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]