Definition of "signet ring" [signet ring]

• A finger ring bearing an engraved signet. Also called seal ring. (noun)

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• "I lifted his hand to my lips, pressed them against the signet ring he wore with the crest of House Courcel emblazoned on it."
• "Antony poured a small puddle of melted red wax on the bottom of the single sheet of Fannian paper, and pushed his signet ring into it: Hercules Invictus in the middle, IMP."
• "He took off his royal signet ring and gave it to his friend Perdiccas so that he might act temporarily as regent, but the ultimate succession was unclear."