† ˈpanchart Obs.
[ad. med.L. pancharta (-carta), f. Gr. παν- all + L. charta leaf, paper, in med.L. ‘charter’.]
A charter, orig. app. one of a general character, or that confirmed all special grants, but in later use applied to almost any written record.
| 1587 [see pancart, quot. 1577]. 1621 Molle Camerar. Liv. Libr. v. xi. 361 The Constitutions of the Emperor Charles the fourth, gathered together in the Panchart, commonly called the Golden Bull. 1762 Gentl. Mag. 256 The consul's chaplain has shewed me a panchart of a great Rabbin... This good Rabbin says in his Panchart..that all men should regard each other as brothers. |