great seal Meaning of "great seal"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) the principal seal of a government, symbolizing authority or sovereignty

Usage(s):

  • It was twelve years since Charley Seymour, in sonorous Latin, had accepted the keys, records, charter and great seal of the university, in the climax of a long Eli career.
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