signet
pronunciation
How to pronounce signet in British English:
UK ['sɪgnɪt]
How to pronounce signet in American English:
US ['sɪgnɪt]
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- Noun:
- a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially)
Word Origin
- signet (n.)
- late 14c., "small seal" (especially one on a finger ring), from Old French signet "a small seal," diminutive of signe "sign" (see sign (n.)).
Example
- 1. It 's a signet ring of a jewish official from the time of the bible .
- 2. His signet ring bore the emblem of a dagger .
- 3. Clinical and imaging analysis of gastric signet ring cell carcinoma .
- 4. And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold and wrote an inscription upon it , like the engravings of a signet : holy to jehovah .
- 5. And you shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave upon it , like the engravings of a signet : holy to jehovah .