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  2. Wreaths and crowns in antiquity - Wikipedia

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    The laurel wreaths of a triumphator were often worn by imperial portraits, as were radiate crowns. [21] According to Pliny the Elder, the Arval Brethren, an ancient Roman priesthood, were accustomed to wear a wreath of grain sheaves. [22] Crowns and wreaths were associated by early Christians with Roman paganism and Hellenistic religion. [21]

  3. Christian symbolism - Wikipedia

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    The Crucifix, a cross with corpus, a symbol used in the Catholic Church, Lutheranism, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Anglicanism, in contrast with some other Protestant denominations, Church of the East, and Armenian Apostolic Church, which use only a bare cross Early use of a globus cruciger on a solidus minted by Leontios (r. 695–698); on the obverse, a stepped cross in the shape of an ...

  4. Crown of Immortality - Wikipedia

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    The Crown of Immortality, held by the allegorical figure Eterna (Eternity) on the Swedish House of Knights fresco by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl. The Crown of Immortality is a literary and religious metaphor traditionally represented in art first as a laurel wreath and later as a symbolic circle of stars (often a crown, tiara, halo or aureola).

  5. What Is the Meaning Behind Advent Wreaths and Candles ... - AOL

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    The wreath itself is a symbol, and each of the candles has its own distinct meaning for each of the four weeks prior to Christmas. Although traditions vary, the basic premise of the Advent wreath ...

  6. Hanging of the greens - Wikipedia

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    Items such as the evergreen wreath, in Christianity, carry the religious symbolism of everlasting life, a theological concept within that faith. [5] [6] [7] As such, during the liturgy, "Biblical passages and other readings help explain the significance of the holly, the cedar, the Advent wreath, the Chrismon tree, and any other special ...

  7. Cross and Crown - Wikipedia

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    This is a reference to the story of Constantine, who reportedly had a vision of a Chi Rho symbol, and a voice saying "By this sign thou shalt conquer". [5] [6] [7] The symbol was used particularly by the Bible Student movement. [8] [9] The symbol was also featured in the early publications and memorabilia of the International Bible Students ...

  8. Palm branch - Wikipedia

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    The Palm Leaf by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905), portrait of an unidentified woman in ancient dress. The palm branch, or palm frond, is a symbol of victory, triumph, peace, and eternal life originating in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world.

  9. Wreath - Wikipedia

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    In Ancient Greece, the harvest wreath was a sacred amulet, using wheat or other harvested plants, woven together with red and white wool thread. The harvest wreath would be hung by the door year-round. [31] Harvest wreaths were an important symbol to the community in Ancient Greece, not merely to the farmer and his family.