(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:19:24

Sphra*gis"tics (?), n. [Gr. of or for sealing, fr. a seal.]

The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents.

 

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