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‖ siˈgillum
[See sigil.]
1. A small figure of a person. rare—1.
1637B. Jonson Sad Shepherd ii. ii, Binding characters, through which she wounds Her puppets, the sigilla of her witchcraft.
2. R.C. Ch. The seal of confession. Cf. seal n.2 2 b.
1927F. A. Marks tr. Kurtscheid's Hist. Seal of Confession 1 Since the Middle Ages we have for this obligation the technical term Seal of Confession (sigillum, signaculum confessionis). 1937S. O'Faoláin Purse of Coppers 49 To add to his difficulty—for it was no help to know what, under the sigillum, he must pretend not to know—he had just been told in the sacristy by her employer that a pair of her best boots was missing.
3. A sign or symbol; an abbreviation; an identifying character.
1966B. Malamud Fixer iii. 83 Please note, if you will, the sigillum on my coat lapel. 1978Language LIV. 5 The true picture of dialect classification, either regionally or socially, is not known; nor is it implied by the sigilla of DED. |