seal ring
- noun
:
anillo de sello
- The ancient seal ring was engraved with the family crest, which had been passed down for generations.
He was next presented the seal ring of Pompey, at which point Cesar broke down in tears.
- He was next presented the seal ring of Pompey, at which point Cesar broke down in tears.
Examples
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During the ceremony, he pressed his seal ring into the wax to officially mark the document.
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A six-page seal ring
Academic text (1995) -
He was next presented the seal ring of Pompey, at which point Cesar broke down in tears.
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He was next presented the seal ring of Pompey, at which point Cesar broke down in tears.
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After finding the seal ring hidden in the attic, she realized it once belonged to her great-grandfather.
Synonyms
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A ring with a carved seal used to stamp wax to show who owned or approved a document
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is a straightforward composition of 'seal' (a stamp) and 'ring' (a circular band): it denotes a ring that bears or is used as a seal/signet. This noun-noun compound follows regular English compositional patterns and is likely inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The compound seal ring is a ring with a small carved face called the seal that people pressed into warm wax to leave a picture or letters. Imagine using the ring to print a family crest in the wax so the letter was 'sealed' and known to come from that person, which is why a seal ring was used to stamp a seal.