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Badge, Sepulchral

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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in ecclesiastical ceremony, is an emblem of the sex or occupation of an interred person; as, for instance, the comb, mirror, or scissors for a woman, as at Iona; shears or a sword for a man.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Badge, Sepulchral'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​b/badge-sepulchral.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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