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sign manual en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsʌɪn ˈmanjʊəl/ (UK)

Etymology

From sign + manual, probably after Middle French signe manuel.

Meanings

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:

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