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Answer for the clue "Sacred symbol ", 9 letters:
hierogram

Word definitions for hierogram in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hierogram \Hi"er*o*gram\, n. [Gr. "iero`s sacred + -gram.] A form of sacred or hieratic writing.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 sacred symbol, letter or writing 2 hieroglyph

Usage examples of hierogram.

Their lily-white banner bore the great hierogram of the Wheel, its inner and outer circles connected by wavy lines.

The head of Medusa was encircled by winged snakes, which, the head removed, left the Hierogram or Sacred Cypher of the Ophites or Serpent-worshippers.

The portals of all the Egyptian Temples are decorated with the hierogram of the Circle and the Serpent.

The Mexican hierogram was formed by the intersecting of two great Serpents, which described the circle with their bodies, and had each a human head in its mouth.