broad seal
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of broad seal
First recorded in 1530–40
Example Sentences
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They shone, they walked like a people that carried the broad seal of heaven about them.
From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John
Despatches of royal ministers, bearing the broad seal of France.
From The Golden Dog by Kirby, William
He now held up the document from which he had read, and which contained his authority; the broad seal of the state dangling from the parchment, distinctly in the sight of the whole gang.
From Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by Simms, William Gilmore
And now He puts, as it were, the broad seal upon the charter and says, 'Amen!
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Maclaren, Alexander
A host of proctors licenced under the broad seal, or by the justices of the peace, or otherwise, went from parish to parish soliciting contributions for churches, alms-houses, hospitals, etc.
From The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects by Ware, Sedley Lynch
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