fanon

Meaning

Noun

• A vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass.
• Part of a bishop's mitre. They are the tabs extending down from the mitre, often with a cross near the end of each. See lappet.
• A maniple.
• A fold of linen laid under a splint.
• Elements introduced by fans which are not in the official canon of a fictional world but are widely believed to be or treated as if canonical.

Origin

• From Middle English fanon, fanoun, from Old French fanon, from Medieval Latin fanō, from Frankish *fano, from Proto-Germanic *fanô.