Chirograph

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  • n. A kind of mediaeval 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.
  • n. A papal decree whose circulation, unlike an encyclical, is limited to the Roman curia.
  • n. The last part of a fine of land; the "foot of the fine".
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party.
  • n. The last part of a fine of land, commonly called the foot of the fine.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A deed which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment with a space between, in which was written a word or words, or the capital letters of the alphabet, through which the parchment was cut and one part given to each party, so that the correspondence of the two might be easily shown.
  • n. A contrivance for holding a beginner's hand in a prescribed position while be is learning to write.
  • Word Usage
    "A century later, Pope John Paul II wrote his chirograph on sacred music, reminding Catholics that the 1903 work was still valid in essence: that the closer music was to Gregorian chant in form, the more suitable it was for the Mass, and vice versa."
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