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sphragistics
[ sfruh-jis-tiks ]
noun
(used with a singular verb)
- the scientific study of seals or signet rings.
sphragistics
/ ڰəˈɪɪ /
noun
- functioning as singular the study of seals and signet rings
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Derived Forms
- ˈپ, adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sphragistics1
First recorded in 1830–40; sphragistic, -ics
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sphragistics1
C19: from Greek sphragistikos, from sphragizein to seal, from sphragis a seal
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Sphragistics, sfrā-jis′tiks, n. knowledge about seals, their age, history, &c.
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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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