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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