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signations

signations is the plural of signation.

Meaning of signation

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...

Questions about signations

What is signations the plural of?
Signations is the plural of signation.

Words near signations in the dictionary

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

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