Imprimatur

noun

Etymology

Noun

1. An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies.
   • 1664, John Wilson, The Cheats, publication info page:

     The Cheats · A Comedy · Written in the Year, M.DC.LXII. Imprimatur, Roger L'estrange. Nov. 5. 1663. By John Wilson

2. Any mark of official approval.
   • 1988, New York Times, Gay fiction comes home, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE3D91330F93AA25755C0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3:

     Children, the final imprimatur to family life, are being borrowed, adopted, created by artificial insemination.