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Encyclopedia > Seals

Seal or SEAL can refer to:

  • Seal, a device used to produce an official stamp as a symbol of authority. Origin: Latin `sigillum' = "small symbol".
  • Seal: a deposit of (usually) sealing wax on a document: fastening it closed and/or with a seal stamp impression on it.
  • Seal, a mechanical device to contain pressure, or exclude contamination from an enclosure. This meaning derives from the previous meaning.
  • Seal, a type of pinniped, a large marine fish-eating mammal. Origin: Anglo-Saxon 'seolh'.
  • Seal, a British soul vocalist, who has released three eponymous albums:
    • Seal (1991 album)
    • Seal (1994 album)
    • Seal (2003 album)
  • Seal, a village in Kent in England.
  • U.S. Navy SEALs, a SEa, Air, Land team of the United States Navy
  • SEAL, (Semantics-directed Environment Adaptation Language), a computer language
  • SEAL, a cryptographic cipher

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Seal Sanctuary (169 words)
The National Seal Sanctuary is set in the picturesque Helford Estuary, by the beautiful village of Gweek, in Cornwall.
The Scottish Sealife Sanctuary is set amidst the pine trees on the shores of picturesque Loch Creran, near Oban in Scotland.
We are also a busy rescue and rehabilitation centre for both common and grey seal pups.
Office of the General Assembly (661 words)
The seal is comprised of the symbol, the basic components of which are cross, scripture, a descending dove at the upper part of the cross, and flames on either side of the lower part of the cross, and the name of the denomination, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), encircles the symbol.
The seal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)is a symbolic statement of the church's heritage, identity, and mission in contemporary form.
The basic symbols in the seal are the cross, Scripture, the dove, and flames.
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