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Definition of Signet
1. Noun. A seal (especially one used to mark documents officially).
Definition of Signet
1. n. A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy signet.
Definition of Signet
1. Noun. an object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into the sealing wax of a document as a proof of its origin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Signet
1. to mark with an official seal [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Signet
Literary usage of Signet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"They were originally clerks in the secretary of state's office and prepared the
different writings passing the signet; every summons is still signed on its ..."
2. Guide to the Materials for American History, to 1783 by Charles McLean Andrews (1912)
"The king's bill, bearing the royal signature, was transmitted to the Privy signet
Office as authority for that office to issue the signet bill. ..."
3. Guide to the Materials for American History, to 1783 by Charles McLean Andrews (1912)
"The king's bill, bearing the royal signature, was transmitted to the Privy signet
Office as authority for that office to issue the signet bill. ..."
4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1888)
"HE following is a list of the principal classes of rings : signet-rings ...
signet-Rings.—The earliest purpose for which rings were employed was as ..."
5. The Antiquary (1888)
"¡HE following is a list of the principal classes of rings : signet-rings ...
signet-Rings.—The earliest purpose for which rings were employed was as ..."
6. The Practice of the Court of Session: On the Basis of the Late Mr. Darling's by Charles Farquhar Shand, James Johnston Darling (1848)
"I. WRITS PASSING UNDER signet. This is the most numerous body of law practitioners
in Scotland. They were formerly known by the name of Clerks to the signet ..."
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