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

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

For ornament, other than plain shirt studs, a plain seal ring, a simple watch guard and a rarely-worn scarf pin, is denied him.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

A character in the Lord Mayor’s Show, in 1664, is described as “habited like a grave citizen—gold girdle, and gloves hung thereon, rings on his fingers, and a seal ring on his thumb.”

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger

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

From Hand and Ring by Green, Anna Katharine