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chirographs

chirographs is the plural of chirograph.

Meaning of chirograph

Noun

chirograph (plural chirographs)

  1. (historical) 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. (obsolete) The last part of a fine of land; the "foot of the fine".
    • a Record […]called the Chirograph, or Foot of the Fine1741, The Attorney's Practice in the Court of Common Pleas

Questions about chirographs

What is chirographs the plural of?
Chirographs is the plural of chirograph.

Words near chirographs in the dictionary

  1. chirographical
  2. chirographically
  3. chirographies
  4. chirographist
  5. chirographists
  6. chirographs
  7. chirography
  8. Chirol
  9. chirological
  10. chirologically
  11. chirologist

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