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The word "ram" is employed in literature with a remarkable range of meanings that span literal, symbolic, and onomastic uses. It appears as a real animal—often a sacrificial offering imbued with ritual significance in religious texts [1][2][3][4]—while simultaneously serving as a moniker for characters whose names evoke cultural or spiritual identity [5][6][7]. The animal’s fierce image also finds a place in heraldry and myth, symbolizing power and determination, as seen in its depiction on crests and in celestial references [8][9][10][11]. Additionally, the term extends to military contexts, describing the battering ram—a forceful tool designed to break through defenses—which underscores both the material and metaphorical strength associated with the word [12][13][14].
  1. And you shall offer a burnt sacrifice a holocaust to the Lord, two calves of the herd, one ram, seven lambs of a year old, without blemish: 28:20.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  2. And you shall offer a holocaust for a most sweet odour to the Lord, one calf of the herd, one ram and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  3. He shall offer a calf for sin, and a ram for a holocaust.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  4. And the holocaust that the prince shall offer to the Lord on the sabbath day, shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  5. Ram Gopal arranged some torn blankets on the floor for my bed, and seated himself on a straw mat.
    — from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
  6. " Ram Dass made a gesture with his hands.
    — from A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  7. Ram Gopal was repeating the same thought which Sri Yukteswar had expressed at our last meeting.
    — from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
  8. The Musimon is a fabulous animal with the body and feet of a goat and the head of a ram, with four horns.
    — from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
  9. The quadrivalve speculum in the Naples Museum has each end of the crossbar tipped with a fine image of a ram’s head.
    — from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne
  10. The ram's head will sometimes be found caboshed, as in the arms of Ritchie and Roberts.
    — from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
  11. The Sun claims privilege in it, and it is under the celestial Ram.
    — from The Complete Herbal by Nicholas Culpeper
  12. Soon the Canadian announced that the craft was a big battleship, a double–decker ironclad complete with ram.
    — from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne
  13. We would put in a charge of powder, insert half a yard of fuse, pour in sand and gravel and ram it down, then light the fuse and run.
    — from Roughing It by Mark Twain
  14. It is related that the battering ram for sieges was originally invented as follows.
    — from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

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