motto
nounA brief statement used to express a principle, goal, or ideal.
nounA short pithy sentence or phrase, sometimes a single word, used to indicate the tenor of that to which it is attached (as an essay or a treatise), or adopted as expressive of one’s guiding idea or principle, or appended to a device or a coat of arms.
nounThe poetry or verse contained in a motto-kiss or paper cracker.
nounA motto-kiss.
nounA sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievment.
nounA 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.
nounA sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic
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a favorite saying of a sect or political group
