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Cord
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
Emblem in art associated with Saint Charles Borromeo and Saint John of God. With the former it symbolizes the cord or halter worn around his neck during the plague of Milan, 1575; with the latter it is commemorative of his escape from being hanged.
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Entry for 'Cord'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/c/cord.html. 1910.