muniment

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈmjuːnɪmənt/ (UK)

Definition of muniment

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A deed, or other official document kept as proof of ownership or rights or privileges; an archived document.
    “hauing the said deedes, euidences, muniments, terriers, and writinges in their hands[…]”
    “Then, on the order of King Darius, a search was made in Babylonia in the muniment rooms where the archives were kept […]”
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noun

  1. A deed, or other official document kept as proof of ownership or rights or privileges; an archived document.
    “hauing the said deedes, euidences, muniments, terriers, and writinges in their hands[…]”
    “Then, on the order of King Darius, a search was made in Babylonia in the muniment rooms where the archives were kept […]”
  2. (in-plural, obsolete)Things which a person or place is equipped with; effects, furnishings, accoutrements.
    “Vpon a day as ſhe him ſate beſide, / By chance he certaine miniments forth drew, / Which yet with him as relickes did abide / Of all the bounty which Belphebe threw / On him, whilſt goodly grace ſhe did him ſhew: […]”
  3. (obsolete)Something used as a defence.
    “other muniments and petty helps”

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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman muniment, Middle French muniment, and their source, Latin mūnīmentum (“fortification, defence”), from mūnīre (“to fortify”).

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