1. official approval or permission, especially for something to be published
Usage: formal
2. a license to publish a book, granted by a censor (especially in the Roman Catholic Church)
Usage: historical; religious

Examples

• The publisher needed the government’s imprimatur before releasing the controversial book.
• Without the committee’s imprimatur, the research could not be published.
• The bishop granted his imprimatur for the religious text.
• The project received the director’s imprimatur and moved forward.
• The manuscript bore the official imprimatur on its title page.
• She sought the board’s imprimatur for her proposal.
• The film needed the studio’s imprimatur before distribution.