Sentences with phrase «symbol of authority»

This mace, a ceremonial symbol of authority of the town's most prominent citizens, was originally made in the late AD 1400s for Stratford - upon - Avon's Guild of the Holy Cross.

Native American headdresses, Roman wreaths, and Paleolithic spears adorn rock singers who destroy computers in capes and heels; symbols of authority mix with no regard for temporal boundaries.

Images of state flags are dissected and reconstructed to present a new vocabulary about locality from existing symbols of authority.»

Locke explores the languages of colonial and post-colonial power, how different cultures fashion their identities through visual symbols of authority, and how these representations are altered by the passage of time.

Borrowing from the logic of medieval tapestries hung as symbols of authority, Wheat allows acrylic paint to ooze through fine wire mesh causing figures to emerge and dance upon lush, fiber - like surfaces that coalesce into heroic history paintings.

The church removes any symbol of authority from the person... they have no special status in the church that they could exploit by trusting members of the church.

Such a frame of mind, the guest ventured, might not come easily to that symbol of authority, the football coach.

Recall that some hoodlums on April 18 disrupted Senate plenary and stole the Mace - the symbol of authority of the Senate.

Some hoodlums had on April 18th invaded the Senate and made away with the Mace, the symbol of authority.

The Iron Lady famously wielded the accessory both as a practical place to store state papers and as a symbol of her authority.

On Wednesday April 18, 2018, some thugs invaded the Senate Chambers in Abuja, seized its symbol of authority - the mace, and escaped from the National Assembly premises.

Aregbesola added that the Parliament is the symbol of authority of the people and so the fallen soldiers «being celebrated today in the midst of the people for their gallantry and supreme sense of patriotism.»

«Even until now, the military has not returned the symbol of authority they took away from the Egbesu Shrine and other valuables in Oporoza community during the May 28, 2016 invasion.

Today, some hoodlums led by suspended Senator, Ovie Omo - Agege, walked into the Senate plenary and seized the symbol of authority of the Upper Legislative Chamber, the mace.

Another sat in her chair, which she said took away her symbol of authority and seemed to disrupt the class.

Originally used as decorative wall coverings in churches, palaces and castles, tapestries usually depicted scenes from the Bible, mythological images and hunting, and were often hung behind a throne as a symbol of authority.