great seal

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   the principal seal of a government, symbolizing authority or sovereignty

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   NarrowerGreat Seal of the United States

Questions about great seal

What does great seal mean?

great seal means "the principal seal of a government, symbolizing authority or sovereignty".

Is great seal a common word?

great seal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.