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Definition of Imprimatur
1. Noun. Formal and explicit approval. "A Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"
Generic synonyms: Approval, Commendation
Specialized synonyms: O.k., Ok, Okay, Okeh, Okey, Visa, Nihil Obstat
Derivative terms: Countenance, Endorse, Indorse, Sanction, Sanction
Definition of Imprimatur
1. n. 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.
Definition of Imprimatur
1. Noun. An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies. ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) Any mark of official approval. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imprimatur
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imprimatur
Literary usage of Imprimatur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Book Auction Records by Frank Karslake (1905)
"14 Hudibras, First Part, 1st genuine edn., with imprimatur, Nov. 11, 1662, and
with the list of errata at foot of the last page, ..."
2. Report of the Trial of James H. Peck: Judge of the United States District by James Hawkins Peck, Arthur Joseph Stansbury, United States Congress. Senate (1833)
"And, when a book is convict of crime, it may be part of the judgment " quod non
ulterius imprimatur,'" which will bind the person defendant. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"imprimatur with chase ; and they are wedged up with quoins, ... imprimatur (Lat
let it be printed). The term applied to the privilege which, in countries ..."
4. Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia by Karl von Gebler (1879)
"THE imprimatur FOR THE "DIALOGUES." Death of Prince Cesi. ... The imprimatur
granted for Florence.—Absurd Accusation from the style of the Type of the ..."
5. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"imprimatur November 25, 1692, Edmund Bohun. TO THE READER. AT is well known to
divers persons of worth and honour, that this second part was finished, ..."
6. The Development of Freedom of the Press in Massachusetts by Clyde Augustus Duniway (1906)
"... or did not indulge in controversy, a license might safely be dispensed with,
although official form still required the imprimatur.1 While the exercise ..."
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