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Mottoes

Motto \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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mottoes

alt. (plural of motto English) n. (plural of motto English)

WordNet
motto
  1. n. a favorite saying of a sect or political group [syn: slogan, catchword, shibboleth]

  2. [also: mottoes (pl)]

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Usage examples of "mottoes".

The Skool house was lited up in grate stile and the winders was filld with mottoes amung which I notised the follerin--"Trooth smashed to erth shall rize agin--YOU CAN'T STOP HER.

In these processions there were many banners bearing catchphrases and mottoes expressing the sentiment of the people on the candidates and the issues.

The pope read the offering, then sealed it in the archives where it remained until 1595, when Arnold Wion again recorded the list of pontiffs Malachy had seen, along with Malachy’s prophetical mottoes, starting with Celestine II, in 1143, and ending 111 popes later with the supposed last pontiff.

The aldinsville Bugle of Liberty noospaper offiss was also illumernated, & the follerin mottoes stuck out--"The Press is the Arkermejian leaver which moves the world.