seal ring

American  

noun

1. a finger ring bearing an incised design for embossing a wax seal.

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seal ring British  

noun

1. another term for signet ring

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Etymology

Origin of seal ring

First recorded in 1600–10

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Example Sentences

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seal ring

Also stolen was a seal ring dating to Late Bronze Age Mycenaean times.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2012

Other ornaments were a sort of bib and two wristlets, apparently of faience; three scarabs, apparently of stone, and an oval seal ring.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was large, white, and elegantly formed, and wore a seal ring of conspicuous size upon the little finger.

From Hand and Ring by Anna Katharine Green

And she could not help glancing curiously at his hand, to which a seal ring of sapphire engraved with his arms gave such a foreign look....

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives

Upon the little finger of the left hand sat a square seal ring of pale cornelian, and as Ringfield looked he clearly saw the capital letter "C" picked out in red upon the white.

From Ringfield A Novel by S. Frances (Susie Frances) Harrison

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