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¶ The pilcrow’s name—pithy, familiar, and archaic at the same time—moved with the character during its transformation from C for capitulum to independent symbol in its own right.

The Origin of the Pilcrow, aka the Strange Paragraph Symbol It is now nearly invisible in word-processing programs, but it was one of the most elaborate of manuscript ornaments.