signumn.

1643 M. Giles Def. Treat. against Superstitious Iesu-worship 13 If a great Name doe signifie the great glory of the person, then it is not the glory, for signum is not signatum.

1766 I. Bickerstaff Plain Dealer iv. ii. 52 Don't I know the signum, three stars and a dash?

1848 Sc. Jrnl. Topogr. 1 296/2 The sword hilts [are] filagreed over with peculiar signa, probably cabalistic charms for the prevention of witchcraft.

1862 Chambers's Encycl. III. 638/2 In addition to his subscription, the notary was formerly in use in Scotland to add his signum, which was a flourish of the pen.

1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 396/2 Signa,..characters and signs in mediæval music.

1909 Open Court Oct. 592 The pomegranate was sacred to the first all-mother; as being with its great productive powers an appropriate signum of her essence.

1972 D. Kennedy Assiniboine Chief 97 The red-dyed coup-feather is the signum of being wounded in action.

2005 B. Vinken Fashion Zeitgeist ii. iv. 86 The plastic rose with the signum of Chanel has become more genuine than the original rose ever was.