muniment

[ myoo-nuh-muhnt ]

/ ˈmyu nə mənt /

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noun

muniments, Law. a document, as a title deed or a charter, by which rights or privileges are defended or maintained.

Archaic. a defense or protection.

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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

Words nearby muniment

municipalism, municipality, municipalize, munificence, munificent, muniment, muniment room, muniments, Munin, munite, munition

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How to use muniment in a sentence

Maître Gilles, under my pillow you will find the key of my box—my muniment chest.
The False Chevalier|William Douw Lighthall
There they store their books and records, as in an old muniment-chamber.
Haunted London|Walter Thornbury
The upper part above the porch proper contains, as mentioned above, a lofty chamber, probably originally the muniment-room.
Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory|Thomas Perkins
The instance is taken from a map of the manor of Edgeware now in the All Souls muniment room.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century|Richard Henry Tawney

These marks were noted in a variety of documents, belonging to the Corporation, one preserved in their muniment room.
A Comprehensive History of Norwich|A. D. Bayne

British Dictionary definitions for muniment

muniment

/ (ˈmjuːnɪmənt) /

noun

rare a means of defence

Word Origin for muniment

C15: via Old French, from Latin munīre to defend

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