pilcrow

excerpt

The pilcrow character marks the start of a paragraph.

history

The pilcrow was a type of rubrication used in the Middle Ages to mark a new train of thought, before the convention of visually discrete paragraphs was commonplace.

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and preached sayinge: a stronger then I commeth after me whose shue latchet I am not worthy to stoupe doune and vnlose. Mark 1:7 TYN

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usage

The pilcrow may be used at the start of separate paragraphs or to designate a new paragraph in one long piece of copy

Wikipedia

Pilcrow (Wikipedia) The pilcrow, ¶, is a typographical character that marks the start of a paragraph. It is also called the paragraph mark (or sign or symbol), paraph, or blind P.