endorsation

American  

[en-dawr-sey-shuhn] / ˌɛn dɔrˈseɪ ʃən /

noun

Canadian.

1. endorsement.

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endorsation British  

/ ˌɛndɔːˈseɪʃən /

noun

1. approval or support

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Etymology

Origin of endorsation

First recorded in 1865–70; endorse + -ation

Example Sentences

On the envelope was the name of the sender in the upper left-hand corner and the following endorsation in the lower left-hand corner.

From Project Gutenberg

Now certainly the last endorsation was written by Sprot either on August 11 or August 12, 1600. 

From Project Gutenberg

The enthusiastic endorsation accorded the Directory, both by Parliament and by the Assembly, is a further indication that the spirit of the Church of Scotland had undergone whatever slight change was necessary to make it favorable to a simple regulation of public worship, unhampered by anything that had even the appearance of a ritual.

From Project Gutenberg

The adoption of the Directory by the Scottish Church was in a measure an endorsation of the views of those who were opposed to the use of prescribed forms, and while it is true that the Scotch Commissioners would have preferred the retention of parts of the Book of Common Order, it is surely instructive that even these men were prepared to abandon all forms for worship and to accept simply a regulative Directory.

From Project Gutenberg

It was the beginning of a lifelong friendship with one who has, for all the succeeding years, given far more than money, namely, the constant inspiration of his own attitude to life and his wise counsel—to say nothing of the value of the endorsation of his name.

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