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imprimatur::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | countenance, endorsement, indorsement, sanction, warrant |
| Type of | approval, commendation |
| Has types | nihil obstat, o.k., ok, okay, okeh, okey, visa |
Examples of imprimatur
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Michelin's imprimatur signaled Japan's rise as a world-class dining destination.
From the latimes.com
Critics of the group say its imprimatur is often for sale to the highest bidder.
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To many Republicans, the President's imprimatur is like the grim reaper's touch.
From the swampland.time.com
These associations sprung from popular culture and did not carry an imprimatur.
From the washingtonpost.com
She has become an imprimatur for veterans like Hal Hartley and Richard Linklater.
From the time.com
If it counts as an imprimatur, Betty Friedan was in the opening-night audience.
From the time.com
Interestingly, this book received an imprimatur from the Spanish Catholic church.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Giving the imprimatur of the state to global companies is also fraught with risks.
From the economist.com
Despite the Armani imprimatur, though, the new Shaft looks like a catalog shopper.
From the time.com
- Sanction: formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"
- An imprimatur (from Latin, "let it be printed") is, in the proper sense, a declaration authorizing publication of a book. The term is also applied loosely to any mark of approval or endorsement.
- In philately the word imprimatur refers to the first stamps printed from an approved and finished printing plate.
- An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies; Any mark of official approval
- Latin for "let it be printed.'' The first sheets of stamps from an approved plate, normally checked and retained in a file prior to a final directive to begin stamp production from a plate.
- Originally written permission to publish a written work, the term is now commonly used to refer to a signature that approves some action, e.g., the signature of a judge granting a petition.
- Literally, "let it be printed". The judgment by a bishop that a written work may be published. It is typically preceded by the work and judgment of a Censor, who gives the work his "nihil obstat".
- Literally, it means "Let it be printed." It is an official formula of licence to print or publish, affixed by a censor or board of censors to a book or pamphlet. In the Catholic Bible versions, a bishop or archbishop is listed as the imprimatur.
- Permission needed to print certain kinds of religious books.
