Definitions

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  • noun (Rom. & Old Eng. Law) A seal.

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  • noun law, historical A seal.

Etymologies

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Latin

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Examples

  • (Analogy, 7) "The feeling that harmonious simple order cannot be deceitful guides the discoverer both in the mathematical and in the other sciences, and is expressed by the Latin saying: simplex sigillum veri (simplicity is the seal of truth)."

    Two programming quotations Jonathan Aquino 2007

  • "Simplex sigillum veri (simplicity is the seal of truth)"

    Software quote: "Complexity kills." Jonathan Aquino 2007

  • (Analogy, 7) "The feeling that harmonious simple order cannot be deceitful guides the discoverer both in the mathematical and in the other sciences, and is expressed by the Latin saying: simplex sigillum veri (simplicity is the seal of truth)."

    Archive 2007-04-01 Jonathan Aquino 2007

  • "Simplex sigillum veri (simplicity is the seal of truth)"

    Archive 2007-06-01 Jonathan Aquino 2007

  • In cujus rei testimonium presenti Carte nostre sigillum nostrum precipimus apponi.

    The Monastery 2008

  • Simplex sigillum veri: the naked truth must be so simple and intelligible that it can be imparted to all in its true form, without any admixture of myth and fable, without disguising it in the form of religion.

    Religion 2004

  • Cuyne Cham super terram, Dei fortitudo: omnium hominum Imperatoris sigillum.

    The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004

  • Simplex sigillum veri: the naked truth must be so simple and comprehensible that one can impart it to all in its true form without any admixture of myth and fable (a pack of lies) — in other words, without masking it as religion.

    Essays of Schopenhauer 2004

  • Sciendum ergò, cum ab eo petitur securus conductus, nemini denegare consueuit, sed datur petentibus communiter sigillum eius, in appenditione absque literis: hoc sigillum, pro vexillo in virga aut hasta dum peregrini ferunt, omnes Sarraceni videntes illud flexis genibus in terram se reuerenter inclinant, et portantibus omnem exhibent humanitatem.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Sciendum erg�, cum ab eo petitur securus conductus, nemini denegare consueuit, sed datur petentibus communiter sigillum eius, in appenditione absque literis: hoc sigillum, pro vexillo in virga aut hasta dum peregrini ferunt, omnes Sarraceni videntes illud flexis genibus in terram se reuerenter inclinant, et portantibus omnem exhibent humanitatem.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

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