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Ivy (in Christian art)

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Symbol of everlasting life, from its remaining continually green. An ivy wreath was the prize of the Isthʹmian games, till it was superseded by a pine garland. The plant was sacred to Bacchus and Osiʹris.

 

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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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Itinerary (An)
Its
Ivan
Ivanhoe
Ivanovitch
Ivories
Ivory Gate of Dreams (The)
Ivory Palaces
Ivory Shoulder
Ivy (Old English, ifig)
Ivy (in Christian art)
Ivy Bush
Ivy Lane (London)
Ixion
J. (In Punch)