significant symbol

noun

, Sociology.

a verbal or nonverbal gesture, as a word or smile, that has acquired a conventionalized meaning.

It is that significant symbol of Southern civilization—the Courthouse.

The lotus is the most sacred and the most significant symbol connected with the sacred mysteries of the East.

In the first ages God spake to men in sensible manifestations, in visions of the night, by audible voice, in significant symbol.

One great purpose of this world is its use as significant symbol and hint of the world to come.

Nor did the injunction, nor the significant symbol with which it was accompanied, prove idle in the end.

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