A document wherein a fact is formally certified or attested.

Having the function of certifying; of the nature of a certificate. letter certificatory (transl. of medieval Latin certificatoria littera): a…

A certified statement, a certificate. Obsolete.

A certificate or testimony.

An official certificate, esp. a health certificate. Obsolete.

An instruction given by a person in authority that a writ or process is to be allowed; (in later use) spec. a certificate allowing costs at the…

Short for letter certificatory at sense A. Obsolete.

slang. A certificate, as a diploma or degree; a certificate of service in the armed forces, etc.