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a seal which is used mark documents officially; a signet.
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a mark, signature, special design imprinted with a seal or signet.
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(gen.) a mark; special design.
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a finger-ring with a special royal sign or mark used to attest letters, documents, etc.
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a stamped monetary coin, metal, etc.
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an official document issued to a person for travel from one place to another or for travel abroad; a passport.
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the fact of being closed; closure.
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a mode of intertwining of fingers during worship, to have a mystical feeling.
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a word or phrase used as a signature by a composer, poet, which is repeated in each of his or her composition.
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a gesture expressing an idea, feeling, sentiment, etc. using a part of the body, as face, hands, etc.
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(fig.) the condition of being sealed for security purposes.
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the power of a person that affects others indirectly, seen only in its effects; influence.
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(Dvaita.) a device with which religious people are branded any of the five symbols (of Viṣṇu).
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any of the five articles - alms vessel, container for sacred ash, bundle of old clothes, a stick and a water jug, to be carried by a person undertaken Vīraśaiva monkhood.
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any of the artistic gestures that a dancer uses to express an idea, feeling, sentiment, etc.
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any of several gestures of the hand or fingers of a sculpted idol.