muniment
Americannoun
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Law. muniments, a document, as a title deed or a charter, by which rights or privileges are defended or maintained.
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Archaic. a defense or protection.
noun
Etymology
Origin of muniment
1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin mūnīmentum document (e.g., title, deed) for use in defense against a claimant, Latin: defense, protection, originally, fortification, equivalent to mūnī ( re ) to fortify + -mentum -ment
Example Sentences
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He thought it improbable that, with General Sadgrove in the house and Azimoolah somewhere loose around it, any of the gang would break in unseen, still less that they would reach the muniment room.
From The Duke Decides by Headon Hill
The Past, with its stories, the stories that Mr Lambert's apprentice told her had been found in the muniment room at St Mary's, seemed to live before her.
From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Emma Marshall
Maître Gilles, under my pillow you will find the key of my box—my muniment chest.
From The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette by W. D. (William Douw) Lighthall
The actual circumstances have remained unknown and are only to be found in the official, but suppressed, reports of Sprot’s private examinations, now in the muniment room of the Earl of Haddington.
From James VI and the Gowrie Mystery by Andrew Lang
It is there my father found all these fine poems, you know, up in the muniment room.'
From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Emma Marshall
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