chartulary

American  

[kahr-chuh-ler-ee] / ˈkɑr tʃəˌlɛr i /

noun

• chartularies
  plural

1. a register of charters, title deeds, etc.

2. an archivist.

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chartulary British  

/ ˈtʃɑːtjʊlərɪ /

noun

1. a variant of cartulary

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• chartularies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of chartulary

1565–75; < Medieval Latin chartulārium, equivalent to Latin chartul ( a ) charter + -ārium -ary

Example Sentences

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chartulary chartularies

This is the time that produced the Worcester chartulary, the Rochester chartulary, the Peterborough chronicle which embodies the privileges of the house, and the Winton chartulary.

From Anglo-Saxon Literature by John Earle

Our great chartulary called Domesday 46 shows that the Lady Chapel was given considerable property in this district during the reign of Henry III., under whom the chapel was built.

From William de Colchester Abbot of Westminster by Ernest Harold Pearce

Those of the priory of Little Dunmow, Essex, according to an old chartulary, were new cast and baptised in 1501.

From English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield

The adjoining bay, closed in by a beautiful 13th century wrought-iron railing, is the old chartulary or muniment room of the Chapter.

From Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) by Various

Not a book, nor cross, nor chalice, register, nor chartulary remains.

From Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History by Anonymous

He caused to be made, at his own expense, by his clerk, one Tait, copies of most of the chartularies accessible in his time.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Among other manuscripts in the collection are the whole of the celebrated Wodrow Manuscripts, relating to the ecclesiastical history of Scotland, and the chartularies of many of the ancient religious houses.

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 by Various

A large number of documents of the Anglo-Saxon period, dating from the 7th century, has survived, both original and copies entered in chartularies.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

DIPLOMATIC, the science of diplomas, founded on the critical study of the “diplomatic” sources of history: diplomas, charters, acts, treaties, contracts, judicial records, rolls, chartularies, registers, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

Chronicles, chartularies, State Papers, treaties, family pedigrees, documents of every kind were floating about the country, often in the possession of strange owners, almost always to be had for gold.

From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by J. M. (Jean Mary) Stone