/ · 1894 Brewer’s · I · Ivy (in Christian art)
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Symbol of everlasting life, from its remaining continually green. An ivy wreath was the prize of the Isthʹmian games, till it was superseded by a pine garland. The plant was sacred to Bacchus and Osiʹris.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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