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noun

Imprimatur n.

(Law) A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to the censorship of the press, approval of that which is published.

(R. C. Ch.) Permission granted from a designated eccliastical authority to publish a book or other document; required by church law for Catholics, especially ecclesiastics, who wish to publish.

Hence: Official approval for some proposed activity; as, a contract this large needs the imprimatur of the legal department.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... sophistries; as, that it was his intense humaneness, which exposed him to an accusation of inhumanity; his prayer for the truly best to happen, which anticipated Mrs. Burman's expiry. They were simple sophistries, fabricated to suit his needs, readily taking and bearing the imprimatur of common sense. They refreshed him, as a chemical ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... Paradise. So of books. There are volumes which perhaps contain many things, in the matter of doctrine and illustration, to which our reason does not assent, but which nevertheless seem permeated with a certain sweetness and savor of life. They have the Divine seal and imprimatur; they are fragrant with heart's-ease and asphodel; tonic with the leaves which are for the healing of the nations. The meditations of the devout monk of Kempen are the common heritage of Catholic and Protestant; ...

— The Complete Works of Whittier - The Standard Library Edition with a linked Index • John Greenleaf Whittier

Words linked to "Imprimatur" : countenance, okay, okey, okeh, indorsement, warrant, sanction, commendation