Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A monogram, usually an abbreviation of a proper name, especially one engraved upon the seal of a seal-ring, as was common in the middle ages.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural The signs, abbreviations, letters, or characters standing for words, shorthand, etc., in ancient manuscripts, or on coins, medals, etc.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of siglum.

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  • List of abbreviations, symbols, etc. denoting words. definition

    July 13, 2008

  • A scrivening monk would come to grief

    Illuminating a sacred leaf

    Unless his amygdala

    Are stocked with the sigla

    To ornament but keep it brief.

    September 30, 2015

  • See comment on overline.

    July 27, 2018