imprimatur
noun/ˌɪmprɪˈmɑːtə(r)/
/ˌɪmprɪˈmɑːtər/
[singular] (formal)- official approval of something, given by a person in a position of authority
- The project cannot go ahead without the imprimatur of the Treasury.
Extra Examples- The courts eventually gave their imprimatur to the charge.
- There is hardly a charity that does not seek the imprimatur of royal patronage.
- When he suspended the constitution he had the imprimatur of the armed forces.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin, ‘let it be printed’, from the verb imprimere, from in- ‘into’ + premere ‘to press’.
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