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vexillophiles
People who have a special fondness for flags and who may be collecting them, or information about them, as a personal hobby or for personal pleasure.
vexillophilia
A fondness for studying flags and for collecting them.
vexillophiliac
A person who has a fondness for flags and/or for collecting them.
vexillophilist
Someone who has a fondness or love of flags.
vexillophily
A special fondness for flags and their meanings.
vexillum (vek SIGHL uhm) (s), vexilla (pl)
1. In ancient Rome, a military standard, flag, or banner; or the troops serving under a separate standard.
2. In Roman antiquity, a square flag, hanging transversely from the end of a spear by a wooden crosspiece, used especially by the calvary.
3. A company of troops serving under one standard; especially, a company of privileged veterans connected with a legion.
4. The web or vane of a feather.
5. In botany, the large upper posterior petal in a pea flower; in horticulture also called banner or standard.
6. In zoology, the weblike part of a feather; the vane.
7. In some ecclesiastical situations, a processional standard, banner, or cross.
2. In Roman antiquity, a square flag, hanging transversely from the end of a spear by a wooden crosspiece, used especially by the calvary.
3. A company of troops serving under one standard; especially, a company of privileged veterans connected with a legion.
4. The web or vane of a feather.
5. In botany, the large upper posterior petal in a pea flower; in horticulture also called banner or standard.
6. In zoology, the weblike part of a feather; the vane.
7. In some ecclesiastical situations, a processional standard, banner, or cross.
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