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cartulary

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car⋅tu⋅lar⋅y

  [kahr-choo-ler-ee]
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–noun, plural -lar⋅ies.
chartulary.

char⋅tu⋅lar⋅y

  [kahr-chuh-ler-ee]
–noun, plural -lar⋅ies.
1. a register of charters, title deeds, etc.
2. an archivist.
Also, cartulary.

Origin:
1565–75; < ML chartulārium, equiv. to L chartul(a) charter + -ārium -ary
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car·tu·lar·y also char·tu·lar·y   (kär'chə-lěr'ē)   
n.   pl. car·tu·lar·ies also char·tu·lar·ies
A collection of deeds or charters, especially a register of titles to all the property of an estate or a monastery.

[Middle English cartularie, collection of documents, from Medieval Latin cartulārium, from Latin cartula, chartula, document; see charter.]
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