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# insignia

noun (insignia — plural or singular; also «insignias»; old singular «insigne»)

«insignia» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A badge, sign or symbol that shows someone's rank, job, group or authority, like stripes on a uniform. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/#m1)
2. An emblem of an organisation, such as a club or army logo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/#x1)
- Police officers wear insignia showing their rank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/#x2)
- The crown and sceptre are royal insignia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/#x3)
- Our scout group has its own insignia on our badges. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/#x4)
- Each Starfleet crew member wore the same insignia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/#x5)
- The general's insignia had four stars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/#x6)
- It is also one of the treasures that form the insignia of the Emperor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/#x7)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/insignia/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/insignia/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «insignia» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«insignia» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insignia.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «insignia» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/insignia/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«insignia» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/insignia.html) on Mova free.