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SYMBOL (Gr. o-u(3oXov, a sign) , the term given to a visible object representing to the mind the semblance of something which is not shown but realized by association with it. This is conveyed by the ideas usually associated with the symbol; thus the palm branch is the symbol of victory and the anchor of hope
pagan
dragon or the serpent for Satan; and the stag for the soul thirsting for baptism. The sacred monogram Chi Rho, , supposed to have been the celestial
Maxentius
Xpu rros which Constantine figured on his labarum, or standard, and is found on early Christian coins, bearing also the favourite decoration of the Byzantine sarcophagi. The four evangelical symbols are taken from the book of Ezekiel and from the Book of Revelations; thus the winged man is St Matthew
cross
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