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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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
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
"Nam quis," ait, "praedulce meum me pignus ademit?"
From Verses and Translations by Calverley, Charles Stuart
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
Hanc tu igitur, pro blanditiis mollique lepore, Et prompta ad nutus sedulitate tuos, Pro saltu cursuque levi, lusuque protervo, Hanc nostri extremum pignus amoris habe.
From Anecdotes of Dogs by Jesse, Edward
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