pignus
Americannoun
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property held as security for a debt.
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the contract containing such a pledge.
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Etymology
Origin of pignus
< Latin: literally, pledge
Example Sentences
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Aptius uero per utriusque pignus et sanguinem amborum negotio consuli.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.
The "pignus amoris" of the former is a small earthenware vessel in the shape of a book, intended apparently to hold a "nosegay" of flowers.
From Notes and Queries, Number 71, March 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
Satis hic habes quod vel releges ad ferulam suam, neque enim maturiores sibi annos ex his aliqua vendicant, vel ut pignus plurium adultiorumque in sinu tuo reponas.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
Paternae interim, praecipuaeque nostrae ergo vos charitatis pignus, Apostolicam Benedictionem Vobis, gregibusque vestris peramanter impertimur, Datum Romae apud S. Mariam Majorem sub Annulo Piscatoris die XXVII.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, June 1865 by Various
"Nam quis," ait, "praedulce meum me pignus ademit?"
From Verses and Translations by Calverley, Charles Stuart
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