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flabellum

[ fluh-bel-uhm ]

noun

plural flabella
  1. a fan, especially one used in religious ceremonies.
  2. a fan-shaped part.


flabellum

/ ڱəˈɛə /

noun

  1. a fan-shaped organ or part, such as the tip of the proboscis of a honeybee
  2. RC Church a large ceremonial fan
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flabellum1

1865–70; < Latin ڱܳ fan, diminutive of ڱ breezes, equivalent to ڱ ( re ) to blow 2 + -bra, plural of -brum noun suffix of means; castellum for formation
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flabellum1

C19: from Latin: small fan, from ڱ breezes, from ڱre to blow
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Hand in mine, she showed me her collection of silver, gold, and ivory fans, fans from Egypt, Greece and India, arranged on her walls, some open, some in cases, flabellum with bone handles, Venetian lace fans, tomb fans with gold-encrusted ribs, a Greek fan like an acanthus leaf.

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Ventilā′brum, flabellum; Ventilā′tion, act or art of ventilating: state of being ventilated: free exposure to air: supply of air: act of examining and making public: public exposure.—adj.

From

Rhīpid′ion, in the Greek Church, the eucharistic fan or flabellum.

From

Muscatō′rium, a flabellum.—Musc� volitantes, ocular spectra like floating black spots before the eyes.

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Ventilabrum and flabellum are names under which ecclesiastical fans are mentioned in old inventories.

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