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Motto

Motto Meaning & Definition
Motto Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Motto?

[n] a favorite saying of a sect or political group

Synonyms | Synonyms for Motto: catchword | shibboleth | slogan

Related Terms | Find terms related to Motto: achievement | adage | alerion | ana | analects | animal charge | annulet | aphorism | apophthegm | apothegm | argent | armorial bearings | armory | arms | axiom | azure | bandeau | banner | banner head | bar | bar sinister | baton | battle cry | bearings | bend | bend sinister | billet | blazon | blazonry | bordure | broad arrow | byword | cadency mark | canton | caption | catchword | chaplet | charge | chevron | chief | coat of arms | cockatrice | collected sayings | coronet | crescent | crest | cross | cross moline | crown | cry | current saying | device | dictate | dictum | difference | differencing | distich | drop head | dropline | eagle | epigram | epigraph | epithet | ermine | ermines | erminites | erminois | escutcheon | expression | falcon | fess | fess point | field | file | flanch | fleur-de-lis | fret | fur | fusil | garland | gnome | golden saying | griffin | guide | gules | gyron | hanger | hatchment | head | heading | headline | helmet | heraldic device | honor point | impalement | impaling | inescutcheon | inscription | jump head | label | legend | lion | lozenge | mantling | marshaling | martlet | mascle | maxim | metal | moral | mot | mullet | nombril point | octofoil | or | oracle | ordinary | orle | overline | pale | paly | pean | pheon | phrase | pithy saying | precept | prescript | principle | proverb | proverbial saying | proverbs | purpure | quarter | quartering | rallying cry | rose | rubric | rule | running head | running title | sable | saltire | saw | saying | scarehead | screamer | scutcheon | sentence | sententious expression | shibboleth | shield | slogan | sloka | spread | spread eagle | spreadhead | stock saying | streamer | subhead | subheading | subordinary | subtitle | superscription | sutra | tag line | teaching | tenne | text | tincture | title | title page | torse | tressure | unicorn | vair | verse | vert | war cry | watchword | wisdom | wisdom literature | wise saying | witticism | word | words of wisdom | wreath | yale

See Also | battle cry | catch phrase | catchphrase | cry | expression | locution | rallying cry | saying | war cry

Motto In Webster's Dictionary

\Mot"to\, n.; pl. {Mottoes}. [It. motto a word, a saying, L. muttum a mutter, a grunt, cf. muttire, mutire, to mutter, mumble; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. {Mot} a word.] 1. (Her.) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievment. 2. A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim. It was the motto of a bishop eminent for his piety and good works, . . . ``Serve God, and be cheerful.'' --Addison.

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