ichthys

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  1. A word found on many seals, rings, urns, tombstones, etc., belonging to the early period of Christianity, and supposed to have a mystical reference to the name and office of Jesus Christ. See the etymology.

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  1. Greek ἰχθύς, ΙΧΘΥΣ, literally a fish, chosen as an emblem and motto because the order of its letters corresponds with the order of the initial letters of the words by which it is interpreted: Ἰησοῦς, Χριστός, ΘεοῦΥἱός, Σωτήρ, ‘Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour.’
 

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