Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Fanon

Fanon , noun

[French fanon, Late Latin fano, from Old High German fano banner cloth, German fahne banner. See Vane, and compare Fanion, Gonfalon.]

(Ecclesiastical) A term applied to various articles,
(a)
(Ecclesiastical) A peculiar striped scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops.
(b)
(Ecclesiastical) A maniple.