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Meaning of chirograph | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A kind of medieval document written in duplicate (or more) on a single piece of parchment, then cut across a single word, so that each holder of a portion can prove it matches the others.
  2. A papal decree whose circulation, unlike an encyclical, is limited to the Roman curia.
  3. The last part of a fine of land; the "foot of the fine".

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Examples

“a Record […]called the Chirograph, or Foot of the Fine”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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