† signaclen.

Forms: Middle English signacule, Middle English sinacle, Middle English sygnacle, Middle English synacle, Middle English–1600s signacle; Scottish pre-1700 signakle, 1700s sinacle.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French signacle; Latin signāculum.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman seignacle, Anglo-Norman and Middle French signacle, sinacle, synacle sign (c1100; originally and frequently with reference to the sign of the cross), seal (end of the 13th cent. or earlier), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin signāculum seal, in post-classical Latin also sign, mark (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian with reference to circumcision, early 3rd cent. in Tertullian with reference to the sign of the cross) < signāre sign v.¹ + -culum -cle suffix. Compare Old Occitan senhagol, senhatgle sign of the cross (c1280), Catalan signacle seal, mark (15th cent.), Italian segnacolo sign (a1321 as †signaculo; also †signacolo).

Obsolete.

1. Something that authenticates or confirms; a seal, a mark.

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society > communication > indication > marking > marking to identify > mark of identification > [noun]

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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. ix. 2 Ȝe ben the sygnacle, or litil signe [L. signaculum], of myn apostilhed in the Lord.

c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Isopes Fabules (Harl.) l. 696 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 590 The name of God, ordeyned to impresse, Is the signacle of the celestial seale.

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 140 This grace is..a propre signacle [L. signaculum] of þe chosen children of god.

a1555 J. Bradford Godlie Medit. Lordes Prayer (1562) sig. Fi The Sacrament of Circumcision, which..the Apostell calleth the seale or signacle of rightuousnes.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Signacle, a sign, seal, mark or character.

1677 J. Webster Displaying Supposed Witchcraft xvii. 335 There is an active terror in man,..impressed in him by the Creator, which is as it were a terrifical character and signacle of God instamped upon man.

1857 R. S. Hawker Let. 10 June in C. E. Byles Life & Lett. R. S. Hawker (1905) xvi. 297 Solomon's Seal is not mentioned in the Bible text. But in..the Talmud, I have read many a legend in illustration of the Signacle, as they call it, of the Wise King.

a. An image, a figure, spec. of the sign of the cross (see sign n. Phrases 1b).In quot. 1440: a likeness.

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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > likeness to

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society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > Christian symbols or images > [noun] > cross > figure or representation of

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1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 894 O þou wrecch onworþi..þat were so dere, For Goddis signacule [L. signaculum similitudinis Dei] for soth þou were And witȝ pride þou lost þat faire figure.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 431 b/1 He had the Sygnacle or fygure of the holy crosse in soo right grete reuerence that he eschewed to trede on hit.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 83 All thing maling we dovne thring Be sicht of his signakle.

b. A sign made by gesture; spec. the sign of the cross (see sign n. Phrases 1a).

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society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [noun] > a gesture

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a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxviii. l. 62 Whanne Nasciens knew that he hol was Be the signacle of [= made by] þ^e Man In that plas.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos v. 21 The sayd wymmen were alle dyssheuelled,..makynge merueylous synacles, as theyr custume was in that tyme.

3. Scottish. A trace, a vestige; (also) a small quantity. Cf. sign n. 11.

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society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun]

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1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 8 Never a sinacle of life was there.

1790 A. Shirrefs Poems Gloss. 32 Sinacle, a grain, a small quantity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	signacle
释义	† signaclen. Forms: Middle English signacule, Middle English sinacle, Middle English sygnacle, Middle English synacle, Middle English–1600s signacle; Scottish pre-1700 signakle, 1700s sinacle. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French signacle; Latin signāculum. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman seignacle, Anglo-Norman and Middle French signacle, sinacle, synacle sign (c1100; originally and frequently with reference to the sign of the cross), seal (end of the 13th cent. or earlier), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin signāculum seal, in post-classical Latin also sign, mark (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian with reference to circumcision, early 3rd cent. in Tertullian with reference to the sign of the cross) < signāre sign v.¹ + -culum -cle suffix. Compare Old Occitan senhagol, senhatgle sign of the cross (c1280), Catalan signacle seal, mark (15th cent.), Italian segnacolo sign (a1321 as †signaculo; also †signacolo). Obsolete. 1. Something that authenticates or confirms; a seal, a mark. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > marking to identify > mark of identification > [noun] marklOE signc1300 charactc1384 signaclec1384 badge1526 earmark1551 character1597 signature1605 stampa1616 designation1646 signation1646 insignition1660 signate1662 ear tag1876 ken-mark1885 laundry mark1924 pink triangle1950 sigillum1966 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. ix. 2 Ȝe ben the sygnacle, or litil signe [L. signaculum], of myn apostilhed in the Lord. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Isopes Fabules (Harl.) l. 696 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 590 The name of God, ordeyned to impresse, Is the signacle of the celestial seale. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 140 This grace is..a propre signacle [L. signaculum] of þe chosen children of god. a1555 J. Bradford Godlie Medit. Lordes Prayer (1562) sig. Fi The Sacrament of Circumcision, which..the Apostell calleth the seale or signacle of rightuousnes. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Signacle, a sign, seal, mark or character. 1677 J. Webster Displaying Supposed Witchcraft xvii. 335 There is an active terror in man,..impressed in him by the Creator, which is as it were a terrifical character and signacle of God instamped upon man. 1857 R. S. Hawker Let. 10 June in C. E. Byles Life & Lett. R. S. Hawker (1905) xvi. 297 Solomon's Seal is not mentioned in the Bible text. But in..the Talmud, I have read many a legend in illustration of the Signacle, as they call it, of the Wise King. 2. a. An image, a figure, spec. of the sign of the cross (see sign n. Phrases 1b).In quot. 1440: a likeness. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > likeness to signacle1440 godlikeness1625 deiformity1642 society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > Christian symbols or images > [noun] > cross > figure or representation of roodOE cross?c1225 crouch1389 signacle1440 1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 894 O þou wrecch onworþi..þat were so dere, For Goddis signacule [L. signaculum similitudinis Dei] for soth þou were And witȝ pride þou lost þat faire figure. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 431 b/1 He had the Sygnacle or fygure of the holy crosse in soo right grete reuerence that he eschewed to trede on hit. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 83 All thing maling we dovne thring Be sicht of his signakle. b. A sign made by gesture; spec. the sign of the cross (see sign n. Phrases 1a). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [noun] > a gesture sign?c1225 abearc1350 countenancea1375 becka1382 motiona1398 signaclea1450 beckona1718 motioning1843 a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxviii. l. 62 Whanne Nasciens knew that he hol was Be the signacle of [= made by] þ^e Man In that plas. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos v. 21 The sayd wymmen were alle dyssheuelled,..makynge merueylous synacles, as theyr custume was in that tyme. 3. Scottish. A trace, a vestige; (also) a small quantity. Cf. sign n. 11. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] signa1382 stepa1382 ficchingc1384 marka1400 tracesc1400 scentc1422 footstep?a1425 tidinga1440 relicc1475 smell?a1505 stead1513 vestigy1545 print1548 token1555 remnant1560 show1561 mention1564 signification1576 footing?1580 tract1583 remainder1585 vestige1602 wrack1602 engravement1604 footstepping1610 resent1610 ghost1613 impression1613 remark1624 footprint1625 studdle1635 vestigium1644 relict1646 perception1650 vestigiary1651 track1657 symptom1722 signacle1768 ray1773 vestigia1789 footmark1800 souvenir1844 latent1920 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 8 Never a sinacle of life was there. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems Gloss. 32 Sinacle, a grain, a small quantity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1384
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