An official permission to do something.
A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to the censorship of the press, approval of that which is published.
Permission granted from a designated eccliastical authority to publish a book or other document; -- required by church law for Catholics, especially ecclesiastics, who wish to publish.
Official approval for some proposed activity; as, a contract this large needs the imprimatur of the legal department.
From the Latin "Let it be printed." A statement of permission to print found in early printed books, now largely confined to the Catholic Church as an indication that the work contains no doctrinal error.
Latin for "let it be printed.'' The first sheets of stamps from an approved plate, normally checked and retained in a file prior to a final directive to begin stamp production from a plate.
'Let it be printed' Latin. In early works it was the statement indicating that the publication was authorised by the appropriate authority.
formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"
the Latin for it may be printed: a permission to print found in books where publication required sanction by Church or State.
The official approval by the client that printing of the product can begin. The phrases "good to print" or "ready for press" are also used.
permission needed to print certain kinds of religious books
A seal or statement of approval by a bishop or other competent Church authority, certifying that a Catholic writing contains no errors against the faith or morals.
Modern Latin, "let it be printed" -- license or permission, particularly by an ecclesiastical censor, to publish or print a book, article, etc.
An Imprimatur is an official declaration from the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church that a literary or similar work is free from error in matters of Roman Catholic doctrine and morals, and hence acceptable reading for faithful Roman Catholics.
