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Wiktionary英語版
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compurgator
語源
From Medieval Latin compurgator or Middle French compurgateur, from Latin compurgō (“to purify”).
名詞
compurgator (複数形 compurgators)
- Someone who vouches for another person's innocence, trustworthiness etc.
- (now historical, law) A character witness in canon law who swore an oath that the accused was innocent.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 244:
- If a wise woman fell under suspicion from the authorities her neighbours might rally to her defence, providing compurgators in court, or drawing up certificates testifying to her innocence.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 244:
- (historical, law) An ‘oath-helper’ in Anglo-Saxon or Germanic law who testified to the character of an accused person.
- (now historical, law) A character witness in canon law who swore an oath that the accused was innocent.
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