Emblem

(em'blém.) [From Gr. emblēma, a mosaic pavement.] Originally, a kind of mosaic or te elated work. Generally, any figure, sign, symbol, or device that is supposed to represent some abstract quality ina metaphorical form; thus the eagle is the E. of imperial power, inasmuch as it is esteemed to be the monarch of the feathered tribe. [s. 327]