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A religious symbol is an iconic representation intended to represent a specific religion, or a specific concept within a given religion.[1]
Religious symbols have been used in the military in many countries, such as the United States military chaplain symbols. Similarly, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs emblems for headstones and markers recognize 57 symbols (including a number of symbols expressing non-religiosity).
A religioussymbol is an iconic representation intended to represent a specific religion, or a specific concept within a given religion. Religious symbols...
boxes, or other symbols. Unicode contains a number of characters that represent various cultural, political, and religioussymbols. Most, but not all...
The swastika (卐 or 卍) or swastik is an ancient religious and cultural symbol, predominantly found in various Eurasian cultures, as well as some African...
Alchemical symbol Astrological symbols Astronomical symbols Emblem Icon (religious) and secular icon List of symbols Logo National symbol National treasure...
Religious symbolism in the United States military includes the use of religioussymbols for military chaplain insignia, uniforms, emblems, flags, and...
French law on secularity and conspicuous religioussymbols in schools bans wearing conspicuous religioussymbols in French public (e.g., government-operated)...
headstones, though it is maintained by US Department of the Army. The religioussymbols are rendered as simple inscriptions without sculptural relief or coloring...
notation, political symbols, recycling, religioussymbols, trigrams, warning signs, and weather, among others. The Miscellaneous Symbols block contains 83...
mortals. The human skull is an obvious and frequent symbol of death, found in many cultures and religious traditions. Human skeletons and sometimes non-human...
marks, boxes, or other symbols. Historically, astrological and astronomical symbols have overlapped. Frequently used symbols include signs of the zodiac...
Hammars I stone The symbol is used for a variety of purposes in modern popular culture. The valknut symbol is used as a religioussymbol by adherents of Heathenry...
Christian cross, with or without a figure of Christ included, is the main religioussymbol of Christianity. A cross with a figure of Christ affixed to it is termed...
September 2012). The Lautsi Papers: Multidisciplinary Reflections on ReligiousSymbols in the Public School Classroom. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 43...
The Symbol of Chaos (also known as the Chaos Star) originates from Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné stories and their dichotomy of Law and Chaos....
solar symbol is a symbol representing the Sun. Common solar symbols include circles (with or without rays), crosses, and spirals. In religious iconography...
regular pentagon. Drawing a circle around the five points creates a similar symbol referred to as the pentacle, which is used widely by Wiccans and in paganism...
found in a religious context can be seen in a manuscript of the Hebrew Bible from 11th-century Cairo. Its association as a distinctive symbol for the Jewish...
using the crescent and star symbol in the ornamentation of Ottoman mosques and minarets. By contrast, the majority of religious Islamic publications emphasize...
religioussymbol constitutes an infringement of the separation of church and state and a discrimination against atheist, agnostic and non-religious people...
Jain symbols are symbols based on the Jain philosophy. The four arms of the swastika symbolize the four states of existence as per Jainism: a Heavenly...
and also a religioussymbol in Yarsanism) Chukar partridge (primary cultural symbol) Peafowl (religious) Capra (genus), a religioussymbol in Yarsanism...
A veve (also spelled vèvè or vevè) is a religioussymbol commonly used in different branches of Vodun throughout the African diaspora, such as Haitian...
iconography, but use five colors ("Five Limits" خمس حدود khams ḥudūd) as a religioussymbol: green, red, yellow, blue, and white. The five limits were listed by...
Quebec is a lay state (secular state). It prohibits the wearing of religioussymbols by certain public employees in positions of authority and grandfathers...
recognized as a symbol of Christianity from an early period in that religion's history. Before then, it was used as a religious or cultural symbol throughout...
and the cross (sometimes depicting Jesus nailed to it) is the main religioussymbol for many Christian churches. Ancient Greek has two verbs for crucify:...
the sign of the cross, the church, and prayer, which are forms of religioussymbols and rituals used to depict the use of faith to defeat evil. Despite...