sphragistics

[sfruh-jis-tiks]

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. the scientific study of seals or signet rings.

sphragistics

/ sfrəˈdʒɪstɪks /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) the study of seals and signet rings

Other Word Forms

• sphragistic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sphragistics¹

First recorded in 1830–40; sphragistic, -ics

Word History and Origins

Origin of sphragistics¹

C19: from Greek sphragistikos, from sphragizein to seal, from sphragis a seal

Example Sentences

Sphragistics, sfrā-jis′tiks, n. knowledge about seals, their age, history, &c.

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Our Victor is gone and is hushed, who talked so often of mathematics, clinical medicine, heraldry, precautionary jurisprudence, medicina forensis, Sphragistics and their auxiliary sciences.

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