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Imprimatur

//ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmɑ.tɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies.

    "The Cheats · A Comedy · Written in the Year, M.DC.LXII. Imprimatur, Roger L'estrange. Nov. 5. 1663. By John Wilson"

  2. 2
    formal and explicit approval wordnet
  3. 3
    Any mark of official approval. broadly

    "Children, the final imprimatur to family life, are being borrowed, adopted, created by artificial insemination."

Etymology

From Latin imprimātur (“let it be printed”), third person singular present subjunctive passive form of imprimere (“to imprint”).

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