Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

significavit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sig-nifi-cav-it
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church.

British usage

Example Sentences

"the Kings Courts can receive Significavits from none but the person to whom (if need be) they may write to discharge the Prisoner"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin significāvit (“he has signified”), from significāre (“to signify”).

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

significavits (plural)

Questions

What does significavit mean?: A writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church.
Where does significavit come from?: Borrowed from Latin significāvit (“he has signified”), from significāre (“to signify”).

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