IMPRIMATUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does imprimatur mean? 

• IMPRIMATUR (noun)
  The noun IMPRIMATUR has 1 sense:

1. formal and explicit approval

  Familiarity information: IMPRIMATUR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPRIMATUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formal and explicit approval

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

countenance; endorsement; imprimatur; indorsement; sanction; warrant

Context example:

a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement

Hypernyms ("imprimatur" is a kind of...):

approval; commendation (a message expressing a favorable opinion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "imprimatur"):

O.K.; OK; okay; okeh; okey (an endorsement)

visa (an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it)

nihil obstat (the phrase used by the official censor of the Roman Catholic Church to say that a publication has been examined and contains nothing offensive to the church)