"fac-simile" meaning in English

See fac-simile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: fac-similes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fac-simile (plural fac-similes)
  1. Alternative spelling of facsimile. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: facsimile
    Sense id: en-fac-simile-en-noun-rxpBAjah Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1894, United States Senate, Congressional Record (Senate), July 31, 1894, Vol. 26, Part 8, p. 8037, published 1894:",
          "text": "That James D. McBride be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to have engraved, on stone or wood, true and fac-simile copies of the seal of the Supreme Court of the United States, the seal of the United States, the seal of the Senate of the United States, the seal of the House of Representatives, and the seal of the Department of State, which have been authoritatively annexed to the following documents originating with him, and to print the same on true and fac-simlle copies thereof",
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        "English nouns",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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