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compurgator
compurgator (ˈkɒmpɜːgeɪtə(r), kəmˈpɜːgətə(r)) Also 6 -our. [a. med.L. compurgātor, or F. compurgateur (14th c. in Godef.), n. of action f. L. compurgāre to purge completely; in mediæval or modern times, app. taken as if from com- together with + purgātor purger, clearer. (The second pronunciation is...
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compurgatrix
† comˈpurgatrix Obs. [L. fem. agent-n. f. compurgator.] = prec.1663 J. Wilson A. Comnenius iii. iii, If not, you, madam, can Be my compurgatrix.
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compurgatress
comˈpurgatress rare—1. [see -ess.] A female compurgator.1881 Sat. Rev. 16 Apr., Unless he or she is as far gone as Mrs. Fletcher's compurgatress.
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jurator
jurator rare. (dʒʊˈreɪtə(r)) [a. L. jūrātor, agent-n. from jūrāre to swear; in med.(Anglo)L., a juror, a juryman.] = jurat1 1.1622 Callis Stat. Sewers (1647) 97 The Four and twenty Iurators in Kent in Rumney Marsh, who always upon their Oaths set down every particular mans ground in certain..and acc...
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compurgatory
compurgatory, a. (kəmˈpɜːgətərɪ) [f. L. type *compurgātōri-us, f. compurgātor: see -ory.] 1. Pertaining to compurgators. compurgatory oath: the oath taken by compurgators.1604 Bp. Barlow Confer. Hampton Crt. 92 Here was necessary the Oath Compurgatorie. 1829 K. Digby Broadst. Hon. I. Godefridus 273 ...
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compurgation
compurgation (kɒmpɜːˈgeɪʃən) [ad. L. compurgātiōn-em, n. of action f. compurgāre to purify completely; but cf. compurgator. In 15th c. F. compurgacion.] 1. The action of clearing a man from a charge or accusation by the oaths of a number of others (called from its use in the Canon Law, Purgatio cano...
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cojuror
cojuror [see co- 3 c.] One who takes an oath along with, or in confirmation of, another.1735 M. Shelton tr. Wotton's Short View Hickes' Thes. 59 (T.) The solemn form of oaths: of a compurgator, or cojuror. The form of this oath is this: ‘I swear by God, that the oath which N. swore was honest and tr...
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oath
▪ I. oath, n. (əʊθ) Pl. oaths (əʊðz). Forms: 1–4 áð, áþ, (1 háð), 2–4 oð, oþ, 3 æð, oað, othþ, (hoþ), 4–5 ooþ, 4–6 ooth, (5 -e), 4–7 oth, -e, (6 oith, oethe), 7– oath, (dial. 5 wothe, woothe); also β. north. and Sc. 4 ath, aithe, aythe, 4–5 athe, ayth, (5 haith, 6 eith, 7 eath), 5–9 aith. [Com. Teut...
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