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Meanings of emblem in English

Portuguese
símbolo
Catalan
divisa
Spanish
divisa

A visible symbol representing an abstract idea.

símbolo
Synonyms
Examples for "allegory"
Examples for "allegory"
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And besides the allegory the poem has something of history in it.
English Literature for Boys and Girls
2
Once again, allegory: the harsh reality softened by clean comfort and impregnability.
The Guardian
3
Express the meaning of the allegory in a sentence of your own.
Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year
4
Symbols and allegory stain almost every page of this long, puzzling book.
The Guardian
5
One of the most conspicuous examples is the pervasive use of allegory.
A History of English Literature
Usage of emblem in English
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As long as you carry the emblem, nothing can happen to you.
The Neverending Story
2
Here the phallus was carried in procession as the emblem of Hermes.
The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
3
The party, with an emblem resembling a swastika, denies accusations of violence.
Reuters
4
But it was a sacred emblem in the dateless antiquity of Egypt.
The Bride of the Mistletoe
5
That Union is the emblem of the triumphs of the white race.
History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States
6
The mouth of the weary youth instinctively snapped short the abhorred emblem.
Evan Harrington — Complete
7
Remember how she reacted when I mentioned the emblem on Flora's gravestone?
Shadow of an angel
8
In Greece, Delphinus was the Sacred Fish, the sky emblem of philanthropy.
A Field Book of the Stars
9
Political, economic and cultural impoverishment makes the emblem all the more precious.
The Irish Times
10
Name something that might be called an emblem of strength; of sorrow.
Elson Grammar School Literature, book 4
11
An open palm is sometimes seen; this is an emblem of peace.
A Truthful Woman in Southern California
12
It is the emblem of the martyr, as a conqueror through Christ.
Among the Trees at Elmridge
13
It has survived two world wars and become an emblem of France.
Reuters
14
And then I remembered that I wore the emblem of our party.
The Tory Maid
15
Two of the four leading vote-getters made it to this august emblem.
Wired
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Their emblem became the symbol universal of mercy, charity and good will.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
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Translations for emblem
Portuguese
símboloemblema
Emblem through the time
Emblem across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common