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Eagle

(in Christian art) is emblematic of St. John the Evangelist, because, like the eagle, he looked on “the sun of glory”; the eagle was one of the four figures which made up the cherub (Ezek. i. 10).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Dyzʹemas Day
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E.G
E Pluribus Unum (Latin)
Eager
Eagle (in royal banners)
Eagle
Eagle (in funerals)
Eagle
Eagle (for lecterns in churches)
Eagle (in phrases)
Eagle
Eagle
Eagle
Eagle-stones
Ear. (Anglo-Saxon, eáre.)
Ear-finger