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This word has rich meaning in our religion. In earlier times, a document was shown to be authentic by the author pressing his or her seal (often a signet ring) on the document in a spot of hot wax. This distinctive mark was like a person's signature. In the sacraments, we receive God's mark, God's seal. God permanently and eternally seals us as God's anointed ones.