fane

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Logically, Youth has re-equipped him for sin and with the disposition to commit it; he will naturally go to the fane which is consecrated to the Fulfillment of Desires, and make arrangements.

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  1. A flag; a banner. They trumpyd and ther baners displaye Off sylk, sendel, and many a fane. Richard Coer de Lion, l. 3892.
  2. A weather-cock: now vane (which see). O stormy poeple vnsad and euer vntrewe, … Ay undiscret and chaungyng as a fane [var. vane]. Chaucer, Clerk's Tale, l. 995.
  3. An ancient temple; hence, poetically, any place consecrated to religion; a church. Of all the holy men whose fame so fresh remains, To whom the Britons built so many sumptuous Fanes, This Saint [David] before the rest their Patron still they hold. Drayton, Polyolbion, v. 334. The dew gathers on the mouldering stones, And fanes of banished gods. Bryant, Earth.

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  • Vateesa thrust open the door, revealing a shrine long forgotten except by a faithful few, and royal visitors to Khoraja's court, mainly for whose benefit the fane was maintained. —  Conan -- The Stories from Weird Tales (1932-1936)
  • The word fane you'll recognize in weather vane; a metal flag that the wind blows. —  podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history
  • Just as the word fox came from the north of England and the word vixen from the south, fane was a northern word while the book about the words we use for our bodies —  podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history
  • Despite the excitement this deal generates for Suns fane, it remains bittersweet. —  Fanball Fantasy Football News - Newsbreakers
  • To me the tiny fane, the glassy river, more pure and limpid than any fabled or famous fountain of old, the beautiful hills, the sunshine, and the associations connected with the whole scene, were enchanting; and I could not at the moment descend to architectural criticism The road to Spoleto was a succession of olive grounds, vineyards, and rich woods. —  The Diary of an Ennuyée
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  1. from Middle English fane, vane, from Anglo-Saxon fana = Old Saxon fano = OFries. fana, fona = Dutch vaan = Old High German fano, Middle High German fane, German fahne = Icelandic fāni = Swedish fana = Danish fane = Gothic (Moesogothic) fana, a flag, banner, = Latin pannus, a cloth, piece of cloth, later ult. English pane and pawn: see vane, the modern form of fane, and pane, pawn, ult. doublets of fane, vane.
  2. from Latin fanum, a sanctuary, a temple, from fari, speak, in sense of dedicate: “Sed fanum tantum, id est locus templo effatus, sacratus fuerat” (Liv. 10, 37). See fable, fame, fate.
 

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