Custumal
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A survey of a medieval English manor, listing each tenant and the customs under which the tenancy was held. historical
"However, it may have been too unwieldy for a large and growing city, and its business therefore narrowed as the other courts developed. According to an early thirteenth-century custumal, there were three chief folkmoots a year: […]"
Example
More examples"However, it may have been too unwieldy for a large and growing city, and its business therefore narrowed as the other courts developed. According to an early thirteenth-century custumal, there were three chief folkmoots a year: […]"
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin custumale (adjective, neuter form of custumalis), used as an adjectival noun. Attested to 1576.
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