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Definition of Insignia
1. Noun. A badge worn to show official position.
Specialized synonyms: Caduceus, Insignia Of Rank, Shoulder Flash, Hash Mark, Hashmark, Service Stripe, Cordon, Wings
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
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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