tessera

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It was manifestly commanded by him as a tessera of loyalty to the ten-horned beast of the sea, the obvious symbol of corrupt and tyrannical civil power.

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  1. noun One of the small squares of stone or glass used in making mosaic patterns.

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  1. Latin, from Greek, neuter of tesseres, variant of tessares, four; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French tessère = Spanish tesera = Portuguese Italian tessera, from Latin tessera, a small cube or square of stone, wood, etc., a cube, die, tablet, tessera, ticket, token, from Greek τέσσ, σ1αρες, Ionic τέσσ, σ1ερες, four: see four.
 

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