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Representation of something, e.g. blank" >sacred, such as the elements of the target="_blank" >glossary/eucharist/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="455bc192510b1179bba3f4b070cc8960" target="_blank" >Eucharist, and not a representation. 2. Familiar object used mnemonically to represent acts, persons, ideas, or anything, e.g. the Cross for Christianity, the means by which a Saint was martyred (attribute)… 3. Something representing what it is, unlike an allegory (a description of a subject under the guise of some other subject of aptly suggestive resemblance: it represents something it itself is not). (Curl & Wilson, 2016)