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compurgators

compurgators is the plural of compurgator.

Meaning of compurgator

Noun

compurgator (plural compurgators)

  1. (historical) A character witness in canon law who swore an oath that the accused was innocent.
    • If a wise woman fell under suspicion from the authorities her neighbours might rally to her defence, providing compurgators in court, or drawing up certificates testifying to her innocence.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 244
  2. (historical) An ‘oath-helper’ in Anglo-Saxon or Germanic law who testified to the character of an accused person.

Questions about compurgators

What is compurgators the plural of?
Compurgators is the plural of compurgator.

Words near compurgators in the dictionary

  1. compurgating
  2. compurgation
  3. compurgations
  4. compurgator
  5. compurgatorial
  6. compurgators
  7. compurgatory
  8. compurgatrices
  9. compurgatrix
  10. compursion
  11. compursions

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