emblem
n. countablen. a picture or object that represents a specific idea, group, or quality. It is like a logo or a badge that tells people what something stands for.
n. a symbolic object or design used as a distinctive badge of a nation, organization, or family. Often functions as a concrete representation of an abstract concept.
The dove is a famous emblem of peace.
The school's emblem is embroidered on the pocket of every student's blazer.
The eagle was adopted as a national emblem to represent strength and freedom, appearing on everything from official seals to currency.
From Old French embleme, from Latin emblema (“raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated work, mosaic”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “an insertion”), from ἐμβάλλειν (embállein, “to put in, to lay on”). Doublet of emblema.
Often followed by the preposition 'of' to link the symbol to the concept it represents.