Definition of Insignia

1. Noun. A badge worn to show official position.


Definition of Insignia

1. n. pl. Distinguishing marks of authority, office, or honor; badges; tokens; decorations; as, the insignia of royalty or of an order.

Definition of Insignia

1. Noun. A patch or other object that indicates a person's official or military rank, or membership in a group or organization. ¹

2. Noun. A symbol or token of personal power, status, or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Insignia

1. an emblem of authority or honor [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insignia

insidery
insides
insidious
insidiously
insidiousness
insidiousnesses
insiduous
insight
insight learning
insightful
insightfully
insightfulness
insightless
insights
insigne
insignia (current term)
insignia of rank
insignias
insignificance
insignificances
insignificancy
insignificant
insignificantly
insignificative
insignitor
insignitors
insignment
insignments
insincere
insincerely

Literary usage of Insignia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Orders & Societies and Their Decorations: The Objects of the by Jennings Hood, Charles James Young (1917)
"It is the better custom not to wear at the same time all the insignia a ... A Colonial Society insignia might be worn at a banquet of the Society of the ..."

2. Management Desk Alliance/Leicest by HarperCollins Publishers Limited, Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society (1894)
"ON THE DIGNITY OF A MAYOR, OR MUNICIPAL insignia OF OFFICE. ... I propose merely to gossip a bit about municipal insignia of office, to make a few remarks ..."

3. Costume of Prelates of the Catholic Church: According to Roman Etiquette by John Abel Nainfa (1909)
"Around the escutcheon are placed the different marks or insignia of dignity, ... A very ancient Bordeaux, showing all the insignia of his ecclesiastical and ..."

4. Knights and Their Days by Doran (John) (1856)
"Some prudent knights, of as much discretion as valor, would occasionally conceal the insignia before going into fight; but they were mercilessly ridiculed ..."

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