Definition of Signit
Sig"net (?), n. [OF. signet a
signet, F., a bookmark, dim. of signe. See Sign,
n., and cf. Sennet.] 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.
I had my father's signet in my
purse. Shak.
Signet ring, a ring containing a signet or
private seal. -- Writer to the signet (Scots
Law), a judicial officer who prepares warrants, writs, etc.;
originally, a clerk in the office of the secretary of state.
Sig"net (?), n. [OF. signet a
signet, F., a bookmark, dim. of signe. See Sign,
n., and cf. Sennet.] 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.
I had my father's signet in my
purse. Shak.
Signet ring, a ring containing a signet or
private seal. -- Writer to the signet (Scots
Law), a judicial officer who prepares warrants, writs, etc.;
originally, a clerk in the office of the secretary of state.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- an object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into the sealing wax of a document as a proof of its origin
- c.1600: William Shakespeare, Hamlet - I had my father's signet in my purse, / Which was the model of that Danish seal;
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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