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Definition of Imprimaturs
1. imprimatur [n] - See also: imprimatur
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imprimaturs
Literary usage of Imprimaturs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Venetian Printing Press: An Historical Study Based Upon Documents for by Horatio Forbes Brown (1891)
"As the College or the Senate granted privileges, so the Council of Ten granted
imprimaturs. It was inevitable that this censorial duty should fall to the ..."
2. Seven Lectures on the Law and History of Copyright in Books by Augustine Birrell (1899)
"What I want to emphasise is the distinctive but co-operative effect of the
licensing of books and the licensing of booksellers—imprimaturs and privileges. ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1839)
"Besides the books with these seven imprimaturs, I could show you some, ...
I could place before your eyes many books defiled with seven imprimaturs : and ..."
4. An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of James I. and by William Harris (1814)
"Milton, in his most excellent speech for the liberty of unlicensed printing,
speaking of the popish imprimaturs, observes, that " sometimes five imprimaturs ..."
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