Sentence examples for symbol of purity from inspiring English sources

There, he would supposedly use magical powers to collect stones from under the water, undergo a symbolic burial and exhumation, then finally be anointed with white clay, a symbol of purity.

Below the soyombo was a lotus blossom, symbol of purity.

The collar is meant to be a symbol of purity".

"A woman is seen as a symbol of purity.

The white lotus is a symbol of purity, yet it grows in swamps around the world.

For much of human history, white has been a symbol of purity.

Much of the WWI-era sheet music on display focuses on women, particularly nurses, portraying them as symbols of purity amid the destruction of war.

Child photography was fashionable, with naked children used as symbols of purity and innocence (notwithstanding today's questions about Lewis Carroll's obsession with prepubescent girls).

Often associated with the source of sin, here they seemed symbols of purity, the bright green evincing only freshness and, if anything, innocence.

Candlemas bells they were once called, and it is easy to see how they were the perfect flowers for the feast – flawless symbols of purity.

Yet children get a pass, not only because they are, as ever, symbols of purity, but also because they are still unspoiled by digital technology, unable to use it themselves with much proficiency.