Indeed, mathematically speaking, it was both functionally and symbolically the most important number in the entire diagram.

On 16 March 1244, a large and symbolically important massacre took place, where over 200 Cathar Perfects were burnt in an enormous fire at the prat dels cremats near the foot of the castle.

Boston based architecture firm Finegold Alexander + Associates Inc, together with the New York architectural firm Beyer Blinder Belle, designed the restoration and adaptive use of the Beaux-Arts Main Building, one of the most symbolically important structures in American history.

Before his replacement arrived, Mason ordered 1, 000 Michigan militiamen to enter Toledo and prevent the symbolically important first session of the Ohio Court of Common Pleas.

According to Patti Bellantoni, colors are used symbolically throughout the film, none more so than red, which is an important thematic signature that drives the story and " Lester's arc ".

The stone dresser was regarded as the most important as it symbolically faces the entrance in each house and is therefore the first item seen when entering, perhaps displaying symbolic objects, including decorative artwork such as several Neolithic Carved Stone Balls also found at the site.

Many interpreted the ceremony as a symbolically important " new start " for the war-torn nation.

This act of forgiveness is symbolically important in Bok's spiritual growth.

In 1869, the symbolically important transcontinental railroad was completed in the US with the driving of a golden spike at Promontory, Utah.

By 1962 the symbolically important prison yard where the leaders of the 1916 rising were executed had been cleared of rubble and weeds and the restoration of the Victorian section of the prison was nearing completion.

The intentional ambiguity of avatar is meant to symbolically reflect an important question: Is the future of humankind becoming luminous or more dim?

Hammocks are so symbolically and culturally important for the Yucatecans that even the most humble of homes have hammock hooks in the walls ; in rural El Salvador, a family home may have multiple hammocks strung across the main room, for use as seating, as beds, or as sleep-swings for infants.

However, it is highly important symbolically, as it is the equivalent of an engagement ring in Western cultures ( Geary 2003: 80 ).

The traditional practice of voting by physically entering division lobbies is retained for some symbolically important votes: motion of no confidence, election of the Ceann Comhairle, and nomination of Taoiseach and cabinet ministers.

In the upper fly, the blue star represents the North Star ( Niqirtsituk ), an important object due to its key role as a navigational beacon, and as symbolically representing the wisdom and leadership of community elders.

The elephant is symbolically important to the nation since it is the largest animal found in Côte d ' Ivoire as well as being the source of ivory for which the nation is named.

This is an important stage in the development of a child because the child is beginning to think symbolically, associating behaviors with actions, thus setting the child up for the development of further symbolic thinking.

Philosopher Jacques Derrida praised this event, stating that " to resuscitate the tradition of a Russell Tribunal is symbolically an important and necessary thing to do today.

The Ottoman Empire had faced a number of setbacks in the last few decades — a few of its provinces achieved independence, some were annexed by other countries, or many lost in conflict — and for internal political reasons it may have seemed important to maintain Kuwait as part of the empire, even if only symbolically.

He took her to the royal manors of Twineham and then Wimborne Minster, symbolically important as his father's burial place, where he declared that " he would live or die ".

Meanwhile, Dutch forces occupied the capital and captured the symbolically important dalam ( sultan's palace ), leading the Dutch to believe that they had won.

It is primarily used when only one workplace is being picketed, or for a symbolically or practically important workplace.

He later proclaimed himself to be Nine-Thousand Years ( 九千歲 ) which meant that he was symbolically the second most important person in the country, just after the emperor, who is called the Ten-Thousand Years ( 萬歲 ).

One of the two symbolically important banyan trees, namely Kiai Dewandaru planted during the reign of SS HB I fell in the Alun-Alun Utara ( northern Parade Square ) coincidentally concurrently with the funerary rites of his late father SS HB IX, attributed by kejawen Javanese as a sign of immense grief of even the physical lands of the kingdom.

Every step in the Belgian debate can be interpreted symbolically as a fight between two cultures that might show mutual respect only hen they can be protected from each other's domination.

The real Bishop would, symbolically, step down at the deposuit potentes de sede of the Magnificat (" he hath put down the mighty from their seat "), and the boy would take his seat at et exaltavit humiles (" and hath exalted the humble and meek ").

When Emir Osman I was appointed commander of the Turkish army on the Byzantine border in the late 13th century, he was symbolically installed via a handover of musical instruments by the Seldjuk sultan.

Christ said, for instance, " Peace be with you, my peace I give you ," and the members of Christ's Church gave each other peace symbolically through a kiss.

Two copper statues of Pepi I and his son Merenre were found at Hierakonpolis ; they are thought to depict the two royals symbolically " trampling underfoot the Nine bows ," a stylized representation of Egypt's conquered foreign subjects.

“ One of the primary methods that I use to create my music is linked to two concepts: Sacred Geometry ( the use of shapes to symbolically express natural principles ), and Energy ( the potential for change and change itself in physical, metaphysical and psychic phenomena, including Life, Growth, etc .).

" Once an island temple, Lolei was located on an island slightly north of centre in the now dry Indratataka baray, construction of which had nearly been completed under Yasovarman's father and predecessor Indravarman I. Scholars believe that placing the temple on an island in the middle of a body of water served to identify it symbolically with Mount Meru, home of the gods, which in Hindu mythology is surrounded by the world oceans.

The campaign by the name ' Tree Day-Plant Your Future ' was first organized on 12 March 2008, when an official non-working day was declared and more than 150, 000 Macedonians planted 2 million trees in one day ( symbolically, one for each citizen ).

Henry Tudor declared himself king, took Elizabeth of York, eldest child of Edward IV, as his wife, symbolically uniting the surviving houses of York and Lancaster, and acceded to the throne as Henry VII, founder of the Tudor dynasty which reigned until 1603.

After the death of his father, Mohammad-Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Pahlavi symbolically declared himself Shāhanshāh ( Literally, King of Kings in Persian ) at the age of 21, but now his press releases refer to him as either " Reza Pahlavi " or " the former Crown Prince of Iran ".

A peace was finally declared in August 1749, when a group of Apache chiefs and Spanish officials " symbolically the trouble between the two parties " by burying weapons in the plaza at San Antonio.

This practice of symbolically casting a spear into the enemy ranks at the start of a fight was sometimes used in historic clashes, to seek Odin's support in the coming battle.

Although Izetbegović regarded them as symbolically valuable as a sign of the Muslim world's support for Bosnia, they appear to have made little military difference and became a major political liability.

This new building is designated as a category A listed building, and it is noted by the statutory listing that, at Charles Jenner's insistence, the building's caryatids were intended ' to show symbolically that women are the support of the house '.

This is intended to allow states to symbolically withhold support while not paralysing decision-making.

In recent years, the Z Society has been outspoken in support of diversity in the University community, symbolically painting its white Z symbols black in response to an alleged 2003 hate crime ; and writing letters of support to organizations that support Jewish student life at the University and in Charlottesville.

Brady noted that these protests were genuine and popular, demonstrating the effectiveness of China ’ s efforts to rebuild positive public opinion within the Chinese overseas diaspora, but the demonstrations nevetheless received official support both symbolically and in practice While there was no compulsion for overseas Chinese to attend the rallies, those who did were given free t-shirts, souvenirs, transport, and accommodation, donated by local embassy officials and China-based donors.