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c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §31. 41 Now is thin Orisonte departed in 24 parties.., in significacion of 24 partiez of the world.

1569 T. Roest tr. J. van der Noot Theatre Worldlings sig. B.j I present your highnesse with this smal Treatise of mine, as the best Iewel that I haue in store at this presente, in signification of my good wil.

1592 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Ded. sig. A2 In signification of the will I haue to do vnto your Lordship any acceptable seruice.

1631 Bp. T. Morton Of Inst. Sacrament vii. iii. 84 Our Bowing downe our heads to the ground, in signification of our Vnworthinesse.

1671 L. Addison W. Barbary xv. 203 In signification of their love to the Dead, the near Kinred of both Sexes use Tokens very expressive of Sorrow.

1720 J. Burchett Compl. Hist. Trans. at Sea ii. xv. 151 A hundred Pageants resembling beaked Gallies, in Signification of his Successes at Sea.

1728 S. Kent Banner Display'd II. i. vi. 605 I should be apt to think the Herald who invented this Coat..gave it to the first Bearer, in Signification of his being the first or Principal Founder of some noted Place.

1836 Light from West Sept. 212 That ‘bread which we break,’ in signification of his body broken for our salvation.

1893 E. F. Knight Where Three Empires Meet xxviii. 446 They..received us with much salaaming and offerings of chapatis and ghee in signification of their submission.

1908 S. Wilbur Life of Mary Baker Eddy iii. 25 In signification of his satisfaction [the politician] offered Mr. Baker a gold-headed walking-stick as he was leaving.