insignia

Everyday

1. A badge, sign or symbol that shows someone's rank, job, group or authority, like stripes on a uniform. tree →
2. An emblem of an organisation, such as a club or army logo. tree →

In the lessons

In history and citizenship lessons, soldiers, police, scouts and pilots wear insignia showing rank and unit; kings and queens have royal insignia (crown, sceptre). In stories, insignia identify a spaceship's crew. Phrases: rank insignia, royal insignia, military insignia, insignia of office.

Examples

• The pilot's jacket had the airline's insignia. tree →
• Police officers wear insignia showing their rank. tree →
• The crown and sceptre are royal insignia. tree →
• Our scout group has its own insignia on our badges. tree →
• Each Starfleet crew member wore the same insignia. tree →
• The general's insignia had four stars. tree →
• It is also one of the treasures that form the insignia of the Emperor. tree →

Note

Grammar: «insignia» is used as both singular and plural today («this insignia», «these insignia»); «insignias» is also accepted. Pronounced in-SIG-nee-uh.

In Jewish tradition

Here it means the royal symbols, such as the crown and the testimony, given to a king when he was crowned.

Interpretation. Tradition reads this as the crowning of the young Joash, who was a descendant of David, so that David's line would continue.

Examples

• Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown and the insignia, and made him king; and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they said: 'Long live the king.' (Writings 2CH.23.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then he brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown and the insignia; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said: 'Long live the king.' (Prophets 2KI.11.12, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Grammar: «insignia» is used as both singular and plural today («this insignia», «these insignia»); «insignias» is also accepted. Pronounced in-SIG-nee-uh.