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cartulary

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈkɑːtjuləɹɪ/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A medieval manuscript register containing full or excerpted transcriptions of important documents, especially of originally loose, single-sheet charters.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A collection of original documents bound in one volume.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

An officer who had charge of records or other public papers.

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History

Etymology

From Middle English cartulari, borrowed from Medieval Latin chartulārium. Doublet of khaltura.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: cartulari — document collection
  • Catalan: cartoral — document collection
  • Czech: kopiář — document collection
  • Dutch: cartularium — document collection
  • Dutch: chartularium — document collection
  • French: cartulaire — document collection
  • Galician: cartulario — document collection
  • Galician: tombo — document collection
  • German: Kopialbuch — document collection
  • German: Kopiar — document collection
  • German: Kartular — document collection
  • Icelandic: skjalabók — document collection
  • Italian: cartulario — document collection
  • Italian: cartolario — document collection
  • Italian: cartario — document collection
  • Latin: chartularium — document collection
  • Latin: cartularium — document collection
  • Occitan: cartulari — document collection
  • Polish: kartulariusz — document collection
  • Polish: kopiariusz — document collection
  • Polish: kopiał — document collection
  • Polish: kopiarz — document collection
  • Portuguese: cartulário — document collection
  • Russian: картулярии (kartuljarii) — document collection
  • Serbo-Croatian: картулар — document collection
  • Serbo-Croatian: kartular — document collection
  • Slovene: kartular — document collection
  • Spanish: cartulario — document collection
  • Spanish: tumbo — document collection
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