Imprimatur
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An imprimatur was a license to print granted by the Roman Catholic Church in medieval Europe, before the Reformation, and in Italy after the Reformation.
The publication by Galileo with the imprimatur of the Roman Catholic Church, based on local approval rather than approval in Rome, was a contributing factor in his trial in Rome.