pignus
Americannoun
plural
pignora-
property held as security for a debt.
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the contract containing such a pledge.
Etymology
Origin of pignus
< Latin: literally, pledge
Example Sentences
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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
Ex illo die, atro lapide notando, cur� vociferantes famili� singulis annis crescentis eo usque insultabant ut nunquam tam carum pignus e vinculis istis aheneis solvere possem.
From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by Lowell, James Russell
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.
Deo gratias, nec inde aliquid nos minus habere credamus, quòd Corbeliensis civitas pignus sacri corporis vindicavit.
From Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 by Turner, Dawson
Cujus quoque pignus esse volumus Apostolicam Benedictionem, quam intimo cordis affectu Tibi ipsi, Venerabilis Frater, et gregi Tuae curae commisso paremanter impertimus.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 by
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