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imprimatur
/ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmɑ.tɚ/
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What does imprimatur mean?
noun
- An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies.
- Any mark of official approval.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmɑ.tɚ/
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Imprimatur, If it seem good to the reverend Master of the Holy Palace.
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.
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."
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.
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!