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- Dictionaryimprimatur/ˌɪmprɪˈmɑːtə/
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- 1. an official licence issued by the Roman Catholic Church to print an ecclesiastical or religious book: "the imprimatur for this edition was granted by Cardinal O'Casey"
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Imprimatur means "let it be printed" in New Latin. It comes from Latin imprimere , meaning to " imprint " or " impress ." In the 1600s, the word appeared in the front matter of books, accompanied by the name of an official authorizing the book's printing.
1. an official license to print or publish a book, pamphlet, etc., esp. a license issued by a censor of the Roman Catholic Church. Compare nihil obstat. 2. sanction or approval; support. Our plan has the company president's imprimatur.
Definitions of 'imprimatur'. If something such as a product has someone's imprimatur, that person has given it their official approval, for example by allowing their name to be shown on it. [...] More.
Imprimatur definition: an official license to print or publish a book, pamphlet, etc., especially a license issued by a censor of the Roman Catholic Church.. See examples of IMPRIMATUR used in a sentence.
Definition of imprimatur noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
What does the noun imprimatur mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun imprimatur . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
imprimatur, (Latin: “let it be printed”), in the Roman Catholic church, a permission, required by contemporary canon law and granted by a bishop, for the publication of any work on Scripture or, in general, any writing containing something of peculiar significance to religion, theology, or morality. Strictly speaking, the imprimatur is ...
