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signation

/sɪɡˈneɪʃən/

signation noun: a sign given, especially of a cross.

Noun

signation (plural signations)

  1. (obsolete) A sign given, especially of a cross
  2. (obsolete) a marking.
    • Thus the Aſſe having a peculiar mark of a croſſe made by a black liſt down his back, and another athwart, or at right angles down his ſhoulders; common opinion aſcribes this figure unto a peculiar ſignation; ſince that beaſt had the honour to bear our Saviour on his back.1650, Thomas Browne, “Of the Same [i.e., the Blacknesse of Negroes]”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 6th...

Forms of signation

pluralsignations

Origin of signation

Latin signātiō. See sign (verb).

Questions about signation

What does signation mean?
Signation means a sign given, especially of a cross.
What part of speech is signation?
Signation is a noun.
How do you pronounce signation?
Signation is pronounced /sɪɡˈneɪʃən/.
What is the plural of signation?
The plural of signation is signations.

Words near signation in the dictionary

  1. signaries
  2. signary
  3. signataries
  4. signatary
  5. signate
  6. signation
  7. signations
  8. signator
  9. signatories
  10. signators
  11. signatory

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