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significant symbol
noun
, Sociology.
- a verbal or nonverbal gesture, as a word or smile, that has acquired a conventionalized meaning.
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It is that significant symbol of Southern civilization—the Courthouse.
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The lotus is the most sacred and the most significant symbol connected with the sacred mysteries of the East.
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In the first ages God spake to men in sensible manifestations, in visions of the night, by audible voice, in significant symbol.
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One great purpose of this world is its use as significant symbol and hint of the world to come.
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Nor did the injunction, nor the significant symbol with which it was accompanied, prove idle in the end.
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