Definitions for fane
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WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fanenoun

   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. fanenoun

   A weathercock, weather vane

3. Etymology: From Latin fanum

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fanenoun

   A temple; a place consecrated to religion.

   Etymology: fane, French; fanum, Latin.

   Nor fane, nor capitol,
   The prayers of priests, nor times of sacrifice,
   Embarments all of fury, shall lift up
   Their rotten privilege. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   Old Calibe, who kept the sacred fane
   Of Juno, now she seem’d. John Dryden, Æn. b. vii. l. 589.

   Yet some to fanes repair’d, and humble rites
   Perform’d to Thor and Woden, fabled gods,
   Who with their vot’ries in one ruin shar’d. Phillips.

   A sacred fane in Egypt’s fruitful lands,
   Hewn from the Theban mountain’s rocky womb. Thomas Tickell.

   The fields are ravish’d from th’ industrious swains,
   From men their cities, and from gods their fanes. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fane

   The Fédération d'action nationale et européenne (FANE) was a small French far-right neo-Nazi organisation founded in April 1966. It was led by Mark Fredriksen, a bank employee who became involved in activism for French Algeria after serving in the paras (paratroopers) there. FANE brought together three movements: Action-Occident, the Cercle Charlemagne and the Comité de soutien à l'Europe réelle.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Fanenoun

   a temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church

2. Fanenoun

   a weathercock

3. Etymology: [See Vane.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Fane

   fān, n. (obs.) a flag: weathercock. [Vane.]

2. Fane

   fān, n. a temple. [L. fanum.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fane

   An old term for weather-cock: "a fayne of a schipe." (See VANE.)

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1. FANE

   What does FANE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the FANE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FANE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fane is ranked #25136 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Fane surname appeared 987 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Fane.
   
   52% or 514 total occurrences were White.
   38.5% or 380 total occurrences were Black.
   3.6% or 36 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   3.1% or 31 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

How to pronounce fane?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say fane in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fane in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fane in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fane
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=fane
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fane
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fane
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=fane
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=fane
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html