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muniment

UK/ˈmjuːnɪmənt/

muniment noun: a deed, or other official document kept as proof of ownership or rights or privileges; an archived document.

Noun

muniment (plural muniments)

  1. A deed, or other official document kept as proof of ownership or rights or privileges; an archived document.
    • hauing the said deedes, euidences, muniments, terriers, and writinges in their hands[…]1594, William West, Symboleography […]
    • Then, on the order of King Darius, a search was made in Babylonia in the muniment rooms where the archives were kept […]1966, Jerusalem Bible, Ezra 6:1, London: Darton, Longman & Todd
  2. (in plural, obsolete) Things which a person or place is equipped with; effects, furnishings, accoutrements.
    • Vpon a day as ſhe him ſate beſide, / By chance he certaine miniments forth drew, / Which yet with him as relickes did abide / Of all the bounty which Belphebe threw / On him, whilſt goodly grace ſhe did him ſhew: […]1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene: Disposed into Twelue Books, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues, London: Printed [by Richard Field] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, →OCLC, book IV, canto VIII, stanza VI
  3. (obsolete) Something used as a defence.
    • other muniments and petty helpsc. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

muniment meaning in Tamil and Urdu

muniment in Tamil

கொத்தளம்

muniment in Urdu

دستاویز, ملکیت کی سند

Forms of muniment

pluralmuniments
alternative formminiment

Origin of muniment

From Anglo-Norman muniment, and its source, Latin mūnīmentum (“fortification, defence”), from mūnīre (“to fortify”).

Words formed from muniment

  • muniment house

Questions about muniment

What does muniment mean?
Muniment means a deed, or other official document kept as proof of ownership or rights or privileges; an archived document.
What is muniment in Tamil?
Muniment in Tamil is கொத்தளம். See Muniment meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is muniment?
Muniment is a noun.
How do you pronounce muniment?
Muniment is pronounced /ˈmjuːnɪmənt/ (UK).
What is the plural of muniment?
The plural of muniment is muniments.

Words near muniment in the dictionary

  1. munificently
  2. munified
  3. munifies
  4. munify
  5. munifying
  6. muniment
  7. muniments
  8. Muninn
  9. Munipoor
  10. Munir
  11. Munira

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Adapted from Wiktionary: muniment (page history and authors); muniment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); muniment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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