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cartulary

[ kahr-choo-ler-ee ]

noun

, plural car·tu·lar·ies.


cartulary

/ ˈkɑːtjʊlərɪ; ˈtʃɑːtjʊlərɪ /

noun

  1. law
    1. a collection of charters or records, esp relating to the title to an estate or monastery
    2. any place where records are kept


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cartulary1

C16: from Medieval Latin cartulārium, from Latin chartula a little paper, from charta paper; see card 1

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Example Sentences

A Latin text of this prophecy is to be found on the fly-leaf of the Cartulary of Thérouanne.

The Battle Cartulary records yet another 'virgate', namely, the fourth (not of a ploughland, but) of an acre!

Of the statement as to the Burton cartulary, one can positively say it is an error.

Again in a charter copied into the hospital cartulary the last witness is “Master Simon, who wrote this charter.”

See the twelve references to the word 'virgada' in the index of the Cartulary.

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