Synonyms for imprimatur

Grammar : Noun

Spell : im-pri-mah-ter, -mey-, -prahy-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪm prɪˈmɑ tər, -ˈmeɪ-, -praɪ-

Définition of imprimatur

Origin : 1640, Modern Latin, literally "let it be printed," the formula of a book licenser, third person singular present subjunctive passive of Latin imprimere "to print" (see impress). Originally of state license to print books, later only of Roman Catholic Church.

noun approval

Example sentences :

I mean it depends on his permission; his imprimatur; his nihil obstat.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

Work of men's hands they may be, but they bear the imprimatur of nature.
Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore

In the new creation of the human mind it was Imprimatur—let it be printed.
Extract from : « Printing and the Renaissance » by John Rothwell Slater

The Vice-Chancellor's imprimatur (for it was printed at Oxford) is dated the 19th, 1713.
Extract from : « Lives of the Poets: Gay, Thomson, Young, and Others » by Samuel Johnson

This imprimatur is stamped upon the first page of the text in every book.
Extract from : « Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh » by Augustus F. Lindley

He passed this section of work or that, and gave the other his imprimatur.
Extract from : « Mushroom Town » by Oliver Onions

On the verso of the half-title is the Imprimatur, dated February 6, 1722.
Extract from : « A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) » by Various

So this book sees the light with their imprimatur, and we therefore publish it with the greatest confidence.
Extract from : « The Peace Negotiations » by J. D. Kestell

This collection also contains a number of trial and "imprimatur" sheets of British stamps.
Extract from : « Peeps at Postage Stamps » by Stanley Currie Johnson

Imprimatur nevertheless was the concluding word,—with these grave abatements, and rhadamanthine admonitions.
Extract from : « The Life of John Sterling » by Thomas Carlyle

Antonyms for imprimatur

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