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ENSIGN (through the Fr. enseigne from the Latin plural insiKiiiti). a distinguishing token, emblem or badge such as symbols of office, or in heraldry, the ornament or sign, such as the crown, coronet or mitre borne above the charge or arms. The word is more pa ...

... pon this. He may, however, exercise his purely episcopal functions. The special ensign of his office is the cross, crux erecta or gtslatoria, carried before him on solemn occasions (see CROSS). In the Orthodox and other churches of the East the title of archbi ...

... af Armfelt, was born in Finland on the jist of March 1757. In 1774 he became an ensign in the guards, but his frivolity provoked the displeasure of Gustavus III. and he thought it prudent to go abroad. Subsequently, however, (1780) he met the king again at Spa ...

... of foot, directors as lieutenantcolonel, and so forth down to practitioners as ensigns. On the i8th of November 1782 engineer grades, except that of chief engineer, were abolished, and the establishment was fixed at i chief engineer and colonel, 6 colonels co ...

... about 1855. It is worn by officers in the United States navy above the rank of ensign; since 1872 it is only worn by general officers in the army. In most other countries epaulettes are worn by officers, and in the French army by the men also, with a fringe o ...

... fallen almost completely obsolete. The "black gown," considered wrongly as the ensign of Low Church views, survives in comparatively few of even " evangelical " churches; it is still, however, the custom for preachers of university sermons to wear the gown of ...