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Synonyms for hallmark

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hawl-mahrk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɔlˌmɑrk

Top 10 synonyms for hallmark
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Définition of hallmark

Origin :
  • 1721, official stamp of purity in gold and silver articles, from Goldsmiths' Hall in London, site of the assay office; see hall + mark (n.1). General sense of "mark of quality" first recorded 1864. As a verb from 1773.
  • noun symbol, authentication
Example sentences :
  • You're jokers, and all that, but you're sterling, with the hallmark on.
  • Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Fourth, maintaining a professional distance was a hallmark of professionalism.
  • Extract from : « Nursing as Caring » by Anne Boykin
  • Only the identity of the maker is revealed by the hallmark on American silver.
  • Extract from : « Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings » by Mary H. Northend
  • This tendency to detail, which is the hallmark of realism, constitutes decline.
  • Extract from : « Heart of Man » by George Edward Woodberry
  • What (p. 310)they meant was that it was unconventional, was without the dignity of tradition to give it its hallmark.
  • Extract from : « The Building of a Book » by Various
  • These ideals and beliefs remain the hallmark of Virginia and the nation.
  • Extract from : « The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 » by Virginia State Dept. of Education
  • Not in exclusive possession, but in universal acceptance, is found the hallmark of truth.
  • Extract from : « Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries » by Annie Besant
  • His hosts, on the other hand, wore an uneasy manner that might have been the hallmark of conscious depravity.
  • Extract from : « The Toys of Peace » by Saki
  • This teapot has for a hallmark an angel; a quaint sugar bowl of like design, also in this collection, shows a crown and bird.
  • Extract from : « Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings » by Mary H. Northend
  • These plates measure about twenty inches across, and one has the hallmark of three angels on the back.
  • Extract from : « Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings » by Mary H. Northend

Antonyms for hallmark

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