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单词 sigillum
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sigillumn.

Etymology: See sigil n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: siˈgillum.
1. A small figure of a person. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > small statue
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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.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > [noun] > seal of
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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.
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society > communication > indication > marking > marking to identify > mark of identification > [noun]
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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).
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