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the, as a Christian symbol.
(1.) On tombs the cock is a symbol of the resurrection — the prasco diei, or herald of the light, after the night of death.
(2.) The cock is also a symbol of vigilance. — —Martigny, Dict. des Antiquitis Chretiennes, s.v. Coq.