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Elephant (The)

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Symbol of temperance, eternity, and sovereignty. (See White Elephant.)        

“Lʹeternité est désignée sur une médaille de Pempereur Philippe, par un elephant sur lequel est monté un petit garcon armé de fléches.”—Noel: Dictionnaire de la Fable, vol. i. p. 506.

 

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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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Elector
Electricity (from the Greek elektron, amber)
Electro-Biology
Electro-Chemistry
Electuary
Eleemosynam
Elegant Extracts
Elegiacs
Elements
Elephant
Elephant (The)
Elephant
Elephant Paper
Elephant and Castle
Elephanta
Elephantine
Eleusinian Mysteries
Elevation of the Host (The)
Eleven (Anglo-Saxon, andlefene, ænd = ain, lefene = lef, left)
Eleven Thousand Virgins
Eleventh Hour (At the)