Signet

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into the sealing wax of a document as a proof of its origin. historical

    "I had my fathers Signet in my Purse, / Which was the Modell of that Danish Seale:"

  2. 2
    a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially) wordnet

Etymology

From Old French signet (“small seal”), from Medieval Latin signētum, diminutive of Latin signum (“sign”).

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