sigiln.
/ˈsɪdʒɪl/ 1. A seal or signet. Also attributive, as sigil-mark.
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society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > [noun] > engraved stamp used for
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a1610 T. Rogers Leycesters Ghost (1641) 15 Giges went invisible By turning of the sigill of his Ring Toward his palme.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. iv, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Sv Another figure..imprinted by some sigil.
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xxvii. 48 Sigil-mark Set upon sold and lying privileges.
1880 T. E. Webb tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust i. i. 41 A book with sevenfold sigil is the Past!
1883 A. Dobson Old World Idylls 243 Touched by the awful sigil of his right.
2. Astrology. An occult sign or device supposed to have mysterious powers.
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the world > the universe > astrology > [noun] > sign or device
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > sign or symbol used in
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1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 153 Love scorns, that any Remora should be: That's the true Sigil, moving Gallantrie.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend (1690) 4 Amulets, Spells, Sigils, and Incantations, practised in other Diseases, are seldom pretended in this.
1715 A. Pope Temple of Fame 14 Of Talismans and Sigils [they] knew the Pow'r, And careful watch'd the Planetary Hour.
1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain i. vi. 23 Sign and sigil well doth he know.
1842 R. H. Barham Raising Devil in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 278 He drew the mystic circle's bound,..He traced full many a sigil there.
3. Roman History. A small image.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > small statue
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1738 E. Chambers Cycl. at Sigillaria Some derive the origin of sigils and figures, in this solemnity, from the argei [etc.].
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