fane

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin fanum

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• Rhymes: -eɪn

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fane (plural fanes)

1. A temple or sacred place.

   The priests of the Germans and Britons were druids.... Nature was to some extent a fane to them. (Thoreau, 1852)

2. (obsolete) A weathercock.

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• profane