单词 | sigillum |
释义 | sigillumn. 1. A small figure of a person. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > small statue sigilluma1637 imagileta1661 sigil1738 statuette1738 figurette1850 figurine1854 a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd ii. viii. 61 in Wks. (1640) III Binding Characters, through which shee wounds Her Puppetts, the Sigilla of her witch-craft. View more context for this quotation 2. Roman Catholic Church. The seal of confession. Cf. seal n.2 2b. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > [noun] > seal of sigillum1927 1927 F. A. Marks tr. Kurtscheid Hist. Seal of Confession 1 Since the Middle Ages we have for this obligation the technical term Seal of Confession (sigillum, signaculum confessionis). 1937 S. 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. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > marking to identify > mark of identification > [noun] marklOE signc1300 charactc1384 signaclec1384 badge1526 earmark1551 character1597 signature1605 stampa1616 designation1646 signation1646 insignition1660 signate1662 ear tag1876 ken-mark1885 laundry mark1924 pink triangle1950 sigillum1966 1966 B. Malamud Fixer iii. 83 Please note, if you will, the sigillum on my coat lapel. 1978 Language 54 5 The true picture of dialect classification, either regionally or socially, is not known; nor is it implied by the sigilla of DED. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1637 |
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