muniment
muniments, Law. a document, as a title deed or a charter, by which rights or privileges are defended or maintained.
Archaic. a defense or protection.
Origin of muniment
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How to use muniment in a sentence
Maître Gilles, under my pillow you will find the key of my box—my muniment chest.
The False Chevalier | William Douw LighthallThere they store their books and records, as in an old muniment-chamber.
Haunted London | Walter ThornburyThe upper part above the porch proper contains, as mentioned above, a lofty chamber, probably originally the muniment-room.
Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory | Thomas PerkinsThe instance is taken from a map of the manor of Edgeware now in the All Souls muniment room.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century | Richard Henry TawneyThese marks were noted in a variety of documents, belonging to the Corporation, one preserved in their muniment room.
A Comprehensive History of Norwich | A. D. Bayne
British Dictionary definitions for muniment
/ (ˈmjuːnɪmənt) /
rare a means of defence
Origin of muniment
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