signet

Ring-mounted stamp

A signet is a small seal, especially one set in a ring, used to authenticate documents by pressing into wax or clay.

Signet rings bear distinctive designs—family crests, monograms, or symbols—that identify the owner.

The word now often refers to the ring itself: He wore his grandfather's gold signet ring.

seal

wax

Pliable waterproof substance

emblem · monogram · authentication · cipher · affixing · imprint · matrix · intaglio · device · armorial

heraldry

crest

Highest point or tuft

armorial · blazon · device · motto · escutcheon · charge · bearing · achievement · family · noble

ring

gold

Element seventy-nine

band · bezel · intaglio · carnelian · onyx · lapis · sardonyx · finger · worn · jewelry

authority

monarch

Hereditary supreme ruler

queen · prince · duke · regent · emperor · nobility · decree · official · legitimacy · authentication

Categories
Opposites
authentication method

signetautograph

Handwritten personal signature

signature · holograph · biometric · fingerprint · X mark

authenticity/authority

signetforgery

Creating fraudulent imitations

counterfeit

Phrases
Family

sign, design, signal, designer, designing, resign, signature, signed, consign

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G