Fane
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /feɪn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fane is a noun meaning A temple or sacred place.
Meaning
A temple or sacred place.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A weathercock, a weather vane.
- (obsolete) A banner, especially a military banner.
Example Sentences
Fanes are built around it for a distance of 3, 4 or 5 Indian miles; but whether these are Jaina, or more strictly Hindu is not mentioned.
Crown me, therefore,—and minstrelling near to thy fanes, Bacchus, thickly-adorned with rosy chaplets will I dance with a full-bosomed maid.
The priests of the Germans and Britons were druids. They had their sacred oaken groves. Such were their steeple houses. Nature was to some extent a fane to them.
And Pallas rear'd him; her ovvn unctuous fane / She made his habitation, vvhere vvith bulls / The youth of Athens, and vvith ſlaughter'd lambs / Her annual vvorſhip celebrate.
Word Forms
- fanes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tio, faine, phane, fannell, fanal, fletch.
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