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From: Al Magary <[log in to unmask]>
> Did no one nominate "muniments"? From the Free Dictionary:
> muniments [ˈmjuːnɪmənts]/pl n/
> *1.* (Law) /Law/ the title deeds and other documentary evidence relating
to the title to land
> *2.* /Archaic/ furnishings or supplies
> For more modern use, though, I'd favor "furnishings."
as would i, Al, if only because i've never seen this alternative, Archaic,
meaning before.
the OED does recognize it (sort of):
1. Chiefly Law. A document, such as a title deed, charter, etc., preserved as
evidence of rights or privileges; an archival document.
†2. (In pl.) Things with which a person or place is provided; furnishings.
Obs.
1485 Caxton tr. Lyf St. Wenefryde 24 The couent that were gone oute cladde
them with precious ornamentes of the chirche..and dredde not a lytell that the
ornamentes and munymentis shold be sore hurte by the fallyng of the rayne.
1596 Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. viii. sig. G7, By chance he
certaine miniments forth drew, Which yet with him as relickes did abide.
a1616 Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 116 Our Steed the Legge, the
Tongue our Trumpeter, With other Muniments and petty helpes In this our
Fabricke.
so, it seems to fall into the same category as Caxton's "ornamentes" --an
AlGore: Close, but No Cigar.
wait, what makes the OED think that that Caxton "munymentis" doesn't refer to,
well, "muniments" in the modern sense of the word, i.e., documents, which
might be sore hurte by the fallyng of the rayne?
maybe i should be writing for an earlier century, when things were so much
simpler.
c
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