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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
ichthus .
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- noun A stylized representation of a
fish , used as aChristian symbol
Etymologies
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Acronymy has ancient roots, as illustrated by the early Christian use of the Greek word ichthys meaning "fish" as an acronym for Iēsous Christos, Theou Huios, Sōtēr
NYT > Home Page By BEN ZIMMER 2010
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Hard to believe that a Kirk Cameron ichthys affair and Disaster Movie will ultimately out gross Sex Drive.
Sex Drive’s Sean Anders and John Morris Set For Dead Mom Comedy | /Film 2008
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February 24, 2008 at 8:04 pm to Keykat i saw that you added an ichthys to the list one time having to do wif a fish? keykat says:
third wheel kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Putting a Darwin fish on your car's bumper is not quite the same thing--co-opting the ichthys symbol hardly advances scientific thought, and given the ichthys' history, I can understand why folks might be upset by it.
Archive 2008-08-01 doyle 2008
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Putting a Darwin fish on your car's bumper is not quite the same thing--co-opting the ichthys symbol hardly advances scientific thought, and given the ichthys' history, I can understand why folks might be upset by it.
Big Ideas: "One Living Filament" doyle 2008
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A couple weeks ago, I read on someone's blog sorry, I don't remember whose, a discussion of how people felt about being customers of businesses that advertise with the fish sign, the ichthys, long a symbol of Christianity.
Archive 2007-03-01 Bardiac 2007
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Upon the symbolic significance of the fish and the anagram ichthys, it cannot be necessary to insist.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
reesetee commented on the word ichthys
Also spelled ichthus, but I prefer the "y" version.
March 27, 2007
treeseed commented on the word ichthys
Ichthys (Greek, transliterated and Latinized as ichthys, icthus, ichthus or ikhthus; ichthus), is the Ancient and Classical Greek word for "fish." In English it refers to a symbol consisting of two intersecting arcs, the ends of the right side extending beyond the meeting point so as to resemble the profile of a fish, said to have been used by early Christians as a secret symbol and now known colloquially as the "Jesus fish"
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January 26, 2008