chirograph

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Synonyms: chorograph, chimograph, choreograph, chirography, cerograph, hierograph, spirograph, climograph, chinagraph, clinograph

Antonyms: chorograph, chimograph, choreograph, chirography, cerograph, hierograph, spirograph, climograph, chinagraph, clinograph

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|legal|historical}} 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.
2. {{lb|en|legal|Catholicism}} A [[papal]] [[decree]] whose [[circulation]], unlike an [[encyclical]], is limited to the [[Roman]] [[curia]].
3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The last part of a [[fine]] of [[land]]; the "foot of the fine".

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