broad seal
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of broad seal
First recorded in 1530–40
Example Sentences
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Thou shalt have a monopoly of playing confirm'd to thee, and thy covey, under the emperor's broad seal, for this service.
From The Poetaster by Jonson, Ben
With the poor I make my treaty; and the heart of man Sets the broad seal of its allegiance there, And ratifies the compact.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret
His aspect is a better warrant for the ruler's office than the parchment commission which he bears, however fortified it may be with the broad seal of the London council.
From Main Street (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales") by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
He took out the broad seal, and let him see it, and Robin at the sight of it, knowing what was right and courteous, set him on his knee.
From The Junior Classics — Volume 4 by Patten, William
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
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