signet ring

noun

: a finger ring engraved with a signet, seal, or monogram : seal ring

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This Mejuri box-chain bracelet is exceedingly popular, as are simple bands, signet rings, and chain necklaces. — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 9 Dec. 2025 The brand is best known for punky silver bracelets, carabiners, pendants and signet rings, all handcrafted in Bali and sold online. — Ardian Wibisono, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 When a pope dies, there is a formal notification, and the pontiff's rooms and papers are sealed, and the papal signet ring is destroyed. — Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Apr. 2025 This includes formal notifications, the sealing of the pontiff's rooms and papers, and the destruction of the papal signet ring. — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for signet ring

Word History

First Known Use

1542, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of signet ring was in 1542

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Medical Definition

signet ring

noun
: a malaria parasite in an intracellular developmental stage in which the nucleus is peripheral and the cytoplasm somewhat attenuated and annular

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