Signet

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  • noun. A seal, especially one used officially to mark documents.
  • noun. The impression made with such a seal.
  • transitive verb. To mark or endorse with a signet.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The ring-shaped form of the Plasmodium of malaria. See signet-ring, 2.
  • noun. A seal, especially a private seal, used instead of signing the name, or in addition to it, for verification of papers or the like.
  • noun. The stamp of a signet; an impression made by or as if by a signet.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy signet.
  • noun. a ring containing a signet or private seal.
  • noun. a judicial officer who prepares warrants, writs, etc.; originally, a clerk in the office of the secretary of state.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. an object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into the sealing wax of a document as a proof of its origin
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially)
    • Word Usage
    "It is like gold, or more exactly it is like the gold-coloured semi-precious stone which one sometimes sees in signet rings, and which I think is called a chrysoberyl."
    cross-reference
    Seal (device)  privy signet  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    seal  stamp  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    crucis  diadem  figura  sign-manual  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    John Hancock  OK  X  acceptance  affirmance  
    variant
    privy signet  
    verb-form
    signeted  signeting  signets  
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