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Fane

Etymology 1

From Middle English fane, from Old English fana (“cloth, banner”), from Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic *fanô (“cloth, flag”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“to weave; something woven; cloth, fabric, tissue”). Doublet of fanon and vane.

Noun

fane (plural fanes)

    <li>(obsolete) A weathercock, a weather vane. quotations ▼
  1. (obsolete) A banner, especially a military banner. quotations ▼

Etymology 2

From Middle English fane (“temple”), from Latin fanum (“temple, place dedicated to a deity”). Doublet of fanum.

Noun

fane (plural fanes)

  1. A temple or sacred place. quotations ▼
Related terms

Fiat

A command or act of will that creates something without or as if without further effort According to the Bible, the world was created by fiat.

Fohat

(Theosophical/Tibetan) A term used by H.P. Blavatsky to represent the essence of cosmic electricity, vital force.

“This light of the Logos is the link . . . between objective matter and the subjective thought of Eswara (or Logos). It is called in several Buddhist books Fohat. It is the one instrument with which the Logos works.”  —H.P.Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine (1888)

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