muniments

British  

/ ˈmjuːnɪmənts /

plural noun

1. law the title deeds and other documentary evidence relating to the title to land

2. archaic furnishings or supplies

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Example Sentences

Diligently as the State Papers have of recent years been explored, it is not impossible that the two compositions may yet be discovered, carefully buried in a mass of worthless muniments by their spy-keeper.

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)

The registers of both Langton and Norbury are both still in existence among the muniments of the cathedral, and from them we know much of the life of a bishop of this time.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.

The following characteristic letter addressed by him to the Vicar of Caxton was discovered in 1908 amongst the church muniments: Ely, Sept. 11th, 1686.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward

We've majors also by the score, Arsenals heaped with muniments of war, With spurs and howitzers and drums and shot, But what does that permit us to infer?

From Love's Comedy by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)

It would check and guide our inquiries now, and would prepare for the better day, when we can negotiate the restoration of our old muniments from the governments of Europe.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)