muniment

American  

[myoo-nuh-muhnt] / ˈmju nə mənt /

noun

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

2. Archaic. a defense or protection.

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muniment British  

/ ˈmjuːnɪmənt /

noun

1. rare a means of defence

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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

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Example Sentences

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muniment

"I can guarantee the impregnability of the fire-proof safe in my muniment room," he replied with alacrity.

From The Duke Decides by Headon Hill

Beaumanoir had just rounded off his forecast in this satisfactory manner when he was suddenly startled back into the present by a faint sound far down the corridor on which the muniment room abutted.

From The Duke Decides by Headon Hill

There was no time to reach the window, for Ziegler passed the branch corridor without as much as looking at it, and was coming straight on to the muniment room.

From The Duke Decides by Headon Hill

In the central one, which is used as a muniment room, there is preserved an invaluable curiosity, an original copy of the Magna Charta of King Henry III.

From The Pencil of Nature by William Henry Fox Talbot

The south side corresponds in character to the north, but is partly hidden by the chapter house, the muniment room, the library, and cloisters.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum by Gleeson White

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