Imprimatur Definition

ĭmprə-mäto͝or, -mātər
noun
License or permission to publish or print a book, article, etc.
Webster's New World
Such permission granted by a bishop.
Webster's New World
Any sanction or approval.
Webster's New World
A mark of official approval.
A directive bearing the imprimatur of high officials.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Imprimatur

Noun

Singular:
imprimatur
Plural:
imprimaturs

Origin of Imprimatur

  • From New Latin imprimātur let it be printed third person sing. present subjunctive passive of Latin imprimere to imprint impress1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin imprimatur (“let it be printed”), third person singular present subjunctive passive form of imprimere (“to imprint”).

    From Wiktionary

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