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  • noun Plural form of fane.

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Examples

  • His u-shadow monitored a small amount of Unisphere use; she was running through standard information files from the Living Dream fanes in the city.

    The Dreaming Void Hamilton, Peter F. 2007

  • Walking the faneway can give a priest certain "powers" from the spirit of the saint belonging to the fanes.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Jeff C 2007

  • Walking the faneway can give a priest certain "powers" from the spirit of the saint belonging to the fanes.

    Review: The Briar King by Greg Keyes Jeff C 2007

  • It is the way generations of fanes have compared one player to another.

    CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2007 2007

  • Other worships pass away; the idols for whom pyramids were raised lie in the desert crumbling and almost nameless; the Olympians are fled, their fanes no longer rise among the quivering olive-groves of

    Novels by Eminent Hands 2006

  • Northern Babel lies, with its warehouses, and its bridges, its graceful factory-chimneys, and its clumsy fanes — hidden in fog and smoke by the dirtiest river in the world — in all the cities of mankind there is One Home whither men of one family may resort.

    Novels by Eminent Hands 2006

  • In a word, the ancient city of the Caesars, the august fanes of the

    The Newcomes 2006

  • Northern Babel lies, with its warehouses, and its bridges, its graceful factory-chimneys, and its clumsy fanes — hidden in fog and smoke by the dirtiest river in the world — in all the cities of mankind there is One Home whither men of one family may resort.

    Burlesques 2006

  • Other worships pass away; the idols for whom pyramids were raised lie in the desert crumbling and almost nameless; the Olympians are fled, their fanes no longer rise among the quivering olive-groves of

    Burlesques 2006

  • The green sea roared through the fanes and the castles, and the seaweed encrusted the golden spires and the topaz towers.

    The Moon of Skulls Howard, Robert E. 2005

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