chirograph

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A kind of medieval document written in duplicate (or more) on a single piece of parchment, then cut across a single word, so that each holder of a portion can prove it matches the others. historical
  2. A papal decree whose circulation, unlike an encyclical, is limited to the Roman curia.
  3. The last part of a fine of land; the "foot of the fine". obsolete
    — a Record […]called the Chirograph, or Foot of the Fine

词形变化

chirographs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
chirographary chirography
相关词
indenture

词源

From Middle French chirographe, from Ancient Greek χειρόγραφος (kheirógraphos, “written with the hand”) χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”).
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