Synonyms

compurgator

American

[kom-per-gey-ter] / ˈkɒm pərˌgeɪ tər /

noun

a person who vouches for the innocence and truthful testimony of another.

Etymology

Origin of compurgator

1525–35; < Medieval Latin, equivalent to compurgā ( re ) ( compurgation ) + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

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A compurgator swore that "By the Lord, the oath is clean and unperjured which ... has sworn."

From Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. by Reilly, S. A.

The head of a homestead was an aire, a representative freeman capable of acting as a witness, compurgator and bail.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

The compurgator slides into the witness and the juryman, bringing with him the oath on the Bible and trial for perjury, and the feed champion of the Church into the patron.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various

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