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ditton (plural dittons)

(archaic) A motto or saying.
- c. 1722–1725, Alexander Nisbet, “Chap. VI. Of Mottos, Cries of War, and Devices.”, in A System of Heraldry, Speculative and Practical: With the true Art of Blazon […]‎, volume II, Edinburgh: R[obert] Fleming, published 1742, part fourth, page 21:
  
  Vireſ cit vulnere virtus [courage grows strong at a wound], the Motto or Ditton of Steuart Earl of Galloway, is relative to the Creſt, a Pelican vulnered feeding her Young in a Neſt proper; which Figure is an Emblem of our Saviour: And the ſame Figure for Creſt the Steuarts Earls of Murray uſe, with the Motto, Salus per Chriſ tum redemptorem [salvation through Christ the redeemer].


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