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signs manual

signs manual is the plural of sign manual.

Meaning of sign manual

Noun

sign manual (plural signs manual)

  1. An authentic signature; (especially), the signature of a sovereign, used to validate a formal document.
    • We were undeceived by the King's sign manual for our embodying, which was issued May 10th 1760.1789, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs of My Life, Penguin, published 1990, page 124

Questions about signs manual

What is signs manual the plural of?
Signs manual is the plural of sign manual.

Words near signs manual in the dictionary

  1. signposts
  2. signs
  3. signs away
  4. signs in
  5. signs into
  6. signs manual
  7. signs of contradiction
  8. signs of life
  9. signs of the cross
  10. signs of the horns
  11. signs of the times

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