denotement
(dɪˈnəʊtmənt)
[f. denote v. + -ment.]
The fact of denoting or making known; indication; concr. a means or mode of denoting; a token, sign.
| 1622 Shakes. Oth. Qo. 1 [see delation 3]. 1653 E. Chisenhale Cath. Hist. 128 To adde to their temporall styles, some denotement of their ecclesiasticall power. 1829 Blackw. Mag. XXVI. 192 These outward denotements of a perturbed spirit. 1875 M. A. Lower Eng. Surnames (ed. 4) I. v. 69 note, Bush was formerly the common denotement, and sometimes the sign, of an inn. |