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   emblem

   /ˈɛmbləm/

   noun

   • 1. a heraldic device or symbolic object as a distinctive badge of a nation, organization, or family: "America's national emblem, the bald eagle"
   • ▪ a thing serving as a symbol of a particular quality or concept: "our child would be a dazzling emblem of our love"

   Word Origin late 16th century (as a verb): from Latin emblema ‘inlaid work, raised ornament’, from Greek emblēma ‘insertion’, from emballein ‘throw in, insert’, from em- ‘in’ + ballein ‘to throw’.

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