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imprimatur

/ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmɑ.tɚ/

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What does imprimatur mean?

noun

  1. An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies.
  2. Any mark of official approval.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmɑ.tɚ/

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/ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmeɪ.tɚ//ɪmpɹɪˈmɑtʊɹ//ɪmˈpɹɪmətɚ//ɪmˈpɹɪmətʊɹ/
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Imprimatur, If it seem good to the reverend Master of the Holy Palace.
John MiltonAreopagitica A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of EnglandProject Gutenberg ebook #608
And on the other hand one must not forget the biological fact that it is quite feasible to achieve offspring without the imprimatur of Church and State.
H. L. (Henry Louis) MenckenIn Defense of WomenProject Gutenberg ebook #1270
More book examples (3)
This, you perceive, is the complete thesis of the present book, which therefore no doubt will be entitled to the "Nihil Obstat" of the "Censor Theolog.", and the "Imprimatur" of "Johannes Josephus, Archiepiscopus Sti. Ludovici."
Upton SinclairThe Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic InterpretationProject Gutenberg ebook #1558
For the library it cannot have the Strawberry imprimatur: the double arches and double pinnacles are most ungraceful; and the doors below the book-cases in Mr. Chute's design had a conventual look, which yours totally wants.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
I expounded the whole thing twice to Lyell before I printed it, with map and tables, intending to get (and I thought I had) his imprimatur for all I did and said; but when here three nights ago, I found he was as ignorant of my having written an Arctic essay as could be!
Charles DarwinMore Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished LettersProject Gutenberg ebook #2739