sigil

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  1. noun A seal; a signet.
  2. noun A sign or an image considered magical.

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  • But if they were not snacked upon, where the hell are they, oh irritation There, in the light of his sigil--sign: two dainty feet stepped in jammy blood, hopped in disgust, and then headed up the back stairs, the shimmer of Bilskinir blue shining faintly through the rusty red. —  FSF, July 2006
  • The impact sends his bones jarring inside his flesh, and the jarring is his only movement, for the sigil has left him shocked and paralyzed He can't cry out, he can't flinch, he can only let the pain flood down his palate and into his brain, in which internal shouting and swearing is making up for external silence. —  FSF, July 2006
  • I wonder how that happened My husband claimed that this sigil was thrown down a latrine in Castle Vanguard by the footman. —  Julian, May - Boreal Moon 01 - Conqueror's Moon
  • Snudge reckoned it must hold the secret to activating his own sigil, if he could only puzzle it out. —  Julian, May - Boreal Moon 01 - Conqueror's Moon
  • Ullanoth had warned Conrig that the sigil was too dangerous to keep. —  Julian, May - Boreal Moon 01 - Conqueror's Moon
 

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  1. Latin sigillum, diminutive of signum, sign; see sekw-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin sigillum, diminutive of signum, a mark, token, sign, the device on a seal: see sign. Cf. seal, ult. from Latin sigillum.
 

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/ˈsɪdʒɪl/
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