Latin for "let it be printed '' The first sheets of stamps from an approved plate, normally checked and retained in a file prior to a final directive to begin stamp production from a plate
If something such as a product has someone's imprimatur, that person has given it their official approval, for example by allowing their name to be shown on it. a tennis racket bearing Andre Agassi's imprimatur
Literally, it means "Let it be printed " It is an official formula of licence to print or publish, affixed by a censor or board of censors to a book or pamphlet In the Catholic Bible versions, a bishop or archbishop is listed as the imprimatur