broad seal
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of broad seal
First recorded in 1530–40
Example Sentences
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The broad seal was impressed with Winthrop's coat of arms.
From From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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
We here are loyal to the king, and too much his friends to believe that he would wrong himself by controverting the charter which bears the broad seal affixed by his own royal father.
From The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 by Hawthorne, Julian
But no, the Emperor felt no touch of conscience; What served him pleased him, and without a murmur He stamp'd his broad seal on these lawless deeds.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno
Christ's Ascension is as the broad seal of heaven attesting the completeness of His work on earth.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke by Maclaren, Alexander
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