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seal (stamp)
seal stamp made from a die or matrix of metal, a gem, or other hard substance that yields an impression on wax or other soft substance. The use of seals is very ancient, examples of great antiquity occurring in China, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and other places. The most common form was the seal ring, of... Read more |
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great seal
great seal. The seal originated in the reign of Edward the Confessor as an imitation of the emperor's seal and was about 3 inches in diameter. The king is depicted in majesty, bearing sceptre and orb. The Norman rulers continued its use and the custody of the seal was given to the chancellor. ... Read more |
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elephant seal
elephant seal or sea elephant, a true seal of the genus Mirounga. It is the largest of the fin-footed mammals, or pinnipeds, exceeding the walrus in size. There is a northern species, Mirounga angustirostris, along the Pacific coast, and a larger southern species, M. leonina, that... Read more |
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lord privy seal
lord privy seal. The privy seal developed early in the 13th cent. when the use of the great seal was too cumbersome or the king was travelling. From 1275 there was a keeper of the privy seal and the office was upgraded in 1487 when Bishop Foxe was designated lord privy seal. By the end of his long... Read more |
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chancellor
chancellor, the royal official who had custody of the Irish great seal and was responsible for issuing letters in the king's name sealed with it. The first Irish chancellor was Ralph Neville, bishop of Chichester and chancellor of England, who was granted the Irish chancery for life in 1232. The... Read more |
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sprit
sprit, a long spar which stretches diagonally across a four-sided fore-and-aft sail, called a spritsail, to support the sail's peak. In the typical barge rig, its heel or inboard end is held in a snotter near the base of the mast.Reliefs dating from the 2nd century bc show that the sprit was known... Read more |
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Secretaries of state
secretaries of state. Like many other great offices, the secretaryships of state grew from comparatively modest beginnings. The development from a mere clerk to a policy-maker was largely a 16th-cent. phenomenon. In medieval usage, ‘secretary’ retained a slightly sinister meaning as... Read more |
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Seal (singer)
Seal 1963– Pop vocalist, songwriter At a Glance Read more |
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Seal of the United States
SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES. The seal of the United States, or the Great Seal, is the official embossed emblem that validates a U.S. government document. On 4 July 1776, the Continental Congress appointed a committee to design the seal, but it took Congress six years more... Read more |
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Sealing
SEALING SEALING was accepted for centuries as an accepted means of extracting wealth from the sea. Sealing in sub-arctic waters of the North Atlantic began in connection with whaling early in the seventeenth century and developed into a separate occupation late in the eighteenth century. The... Read more |
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