compurgatoryadj.
/kəmˈpəːɡətəri/ 1. Pertaining to compurgators. compurgatory oath n. the oath taken by compurgators.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > clearing oneself > [adjective] > oath sworn by number of people
compurgatory1604
compurgatorial1855
1604 Bp. W. Barlow Summe Conf. at Hampton Court 92 Here was necessary the Oath Compurgatorie.
1829 K. H. Digby Broad Stone of Honour: Godefridus xxi. 273 The clergy of Spain..instead of compurgatory oaths and judiciary combats, ordained the proofs by witnesses.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) I. iv. 63 The value of the compurgatory oath among the Welsh.
2. Of a compurgator in sense 3.
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1868 Reprint Jones's Glasgow Directory 1787 Pref. 10 The ‘Compurgatory’ system of Sabbath-keeping.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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