sigil

Example Sentences

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Five months ago, Carucci got a ponto riscado tattooed on their throat — a sigil meant to invoke specific work with the main god in the Afro-Brazilian religion they practice, known as Quimbanda and Umbanda.

From Los Angeles Times

The sigil is said to encourage the articulation of thoughts and feelings and aid in making music.

From Los Angeles Times

What is the same is the ears, the sigil and the cowl.

From Los Angeles Times

Eagle-eyed citizen detectives who scan the video discover a thumbnail view where the campfire actually roars to life and forms the mysterious sigil from season one.

From Salon

The big one happens back in Númenor, where Galadriel has taken advantage of the island’s archives to learn that Sauron’s sigil is actually a kind of map, and that it reveals the new Dark Lord’s intentions to establish a full-on evil realm.

From New York Times