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diplomatics

[ dip-luh-mat-iks ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

the science of deciphering old official documents, as charters, and of determining their authenticity, age, or the like.

diplomatics

/ ˌdɪpləˈmætɪks /

First recorded in 1785–95; diplomatic, -ics

You have surely given him a great enough dose of diplomatics and canon law by this time.

It is necessary therefore that we should make a short digression into the region of diplomatics.

We may mention, in passing, that the papyrus roll gave us a word still in use in diplomatics, the word protocol.

Imprecations on breakers of contracts are indeed common enough in medival diplomatics.

We have given a sufficient number of the documents in full to illustrate these features of mediæval diplomatics.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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