imprimatur

noun /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmeɪ.tə/

1. An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies.

   The Cheats · A Comedy · Written in the Year, M.DC.LXII. Imprimatur, Roger L'estrange. Nov. 5. 1663. By John Wilson

2. Any mark of official approval.

   Children, the final imprimatur to family life, are being borrowed, adopted, created by artificial insemination.

Where it comes from

From Latin imprimātur (“let it be printed”), third person singular present subjunctive passive form of imprimere (“to imprint”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry imprimatur (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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