Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The study of seals and signets.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The study of seals and the distinctions among them; the archæology of seals. This study is similar in its nature to numismatics, and has been of great use in the history of the middle ages, as well as in the investigation of costume, armor, etc.; it is also of value in connection with the documents to which seals are attached, as aiding in their classification and in the proof of their authenticity.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents.
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek seal (sphragis). (Wiktionary)
- French sphragistique, from Late Greek sphragistikos, of seals, from Greek sphragistos, stamped, sealed, from sphragis, seal. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The so-called auxiliary sciences of history, i.e. palæography, diplomatics, epigraphy, numismatics, sigillography, or sphragistics, furnish practical rules that generally suffice to determine approximately the age of a manuscript.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
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Papageno's Words, Pt. II
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C. S. Bird – Grandiloquent Dictionary
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