imprimatur noun

/ˌɪm.prɪˈmeɪ.tər/

/-t ̬ɚ/ n [S] formal

Definition

official permission to do something that is given by a person or group in a position of power

When he suspended the constitution and dissolved Congress, he had the imprimatur of the armed forces.

(Definition of imprimatur noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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