fanon
1 Americannoun
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a maniple.
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Also called orale. a striped scarflike vestment worn by the pope over the alb when celebrating solemn Pontifical Mass.
noun
noun
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a collar-shaped vestment worn by the pope when celebrating mass
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(formerly) various pieces of embroidered fabric used in the liturgy
Etymology
Origin of fanon
1350–1400; Middle English fano ( u ) n < Anglo-French; Old French fanum < Old Low Franconian *fano piece of fabric; compare Old High German, Old Saxon fano in same sense ( German Fahne flag), early Medieval Latin fano maniple; vane, gonfalon
Example Sentences
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He studied at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania in the 1960s, then a kind of finishing school for anti-colonialists, where his thesis was on the revolutionary violence promoted by French philosopher Frantz Fanon.
From Barron's
The controversy gained traction because of Smith’s record of championing the marginalized, citing theorists like Frantz Fanon while targeting empires and the omnipresent patriarchy.
From Los Angeles Times
Fanon is here as well, amid an array of artists and authors such as Joan Didion, Toni Morrison, and Philip Roth.
From Los Angeles Times
In examining the lives of five men — Malcolm X, Frantz Fanon, Matthew Henson, Ira Aldridge and Justin Fashanu — Eshun, a British writer, curator and broadcaster, explores Black masculinity in the context of history: how it gets made and who gets to write and tell it.
From Los Angeles Times
Reading “James” is like reading Frantz Fanon’s “The Wretched of the Earth” or watching “Get Out” for the first time — thrilling, eye-opening and gut-wrenching.
From Los Angeles Times
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