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sphragistics

[ sfruh-jis-tiks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)
  1. the scientific study of seals or signet rings.


sphragistics

/ sfrəˈdʒɪstɪks /

noun

  1. functioning as singular the study of seals and signet rings
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • sphraˈgistic, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sphragistics1

First recorded in 1830–40; sphragistic, -ics
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sphragistics1

C19: from Greek sphragistikos, from sphragizein to seal, from sphragis a seal
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Example Sentences

Sphragistics, sfrā-jis′tiks, n. knowledge about seals, their age, history, &c.

Our Victor is gone and is hushed, who talked so often of mathematics, clinical medicine, heraldry, precautionary jurisprudence, medicina forensis, Sphragistics and their auxiliary sciences.

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