Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- A monogram, usually an abbreviation of a proper name, especially one engraved upon the seal of a seal-ring, as was common in the middle ages.
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of siglum.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The signs, abbreviations, letters, or characters standing for words, shorthand, etc., in ancient manuscripts, or on coins, medals, etc.
Examples
“The Sartan magic'dealing as it did with such concepts as "probabilities" and making use of the pictures known as "sigla" -was beyond him.”
“The carelessness of copyists, the use of "sigla", contractions for proper names, and the frequency of transcription, led naturally to much confusion.”
“In the next century the "sigla" (chi-rho) occurs not only as an abbreviation but also as a symbol.”
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“El cancionero musical llamado de la Colombina, o de la Biblioteca de la Colombina, en razón del depósito que lo custodia, está conservado en la catedral de Sevilla, Biblioteca indicada, bajo la sigla de manuscrito 7-I-28.”
“A Associação de jornais dos Estados Unidos NAA, na sigla em inglês divulgou recentemente os dados sobre a receita de jornais no segundo trimestre: a queda foi de 30% na comparação com o mesmo período do ano anterior.”
“In pratica è la sigla per ogni film di fantascienza mai prodotto…”
“Nominato per il premio come migliore sigla ai prossimi Emmy Awards 60a edizione.”
“Altro progetto scolastico di Gareso; stavolta si tratta di una sigla per uno show televisivo.”
“Questo bel pezzo è stato realizzato come sigla del MFF 2006 dallo studio italiano Dadomani, e cioè: Francesco De Meo, Fabio Cirilli, Donato Di Carlo e Leonardo Ponzano.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sigla’.
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phrontistery-s
from phrontistery.info
sabaton, sabbatarian, sabbulonarium, sabelline, sabin, sable, sabliere, sabot, sabretache, sabulous, saburration, saccade and 1593 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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fbharjo's Words
jumelle, kef, kenspeckle, lautitious, essentic, pilpulistic, impavid, cicurant, clou, chrysostomic, miasma, teleology and 1625 more...
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Manuscripts
of or related to bibliophiles
palimpsest, codex, holograph, sinaitic manuscript, hermogenian, papyrology, stemma, sigla, self-referential, decrepitude
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Luck in the Shadows
Words and phrases from Lynn Flewelling's book, Luck in the Shadows.
belly, barbican, pediment, withers, hirsute, oriel, tabard, telesm, thaumaturgy, switch, spargetaction, towheaded and 125 more...
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Wordology
linguistic contagion, neologism, onomatopoeic, wordology, verbivore, verbification, homonymous, sigla, wordiependancy, deixis, delectus, feminum and 11 more...
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mercy List of abbreviations, symbols, etc. denoting words. definition Jul 13, 2008