Glossary
127Explanations of obsolete, regional and documentary words found in archival records: occupations, social statuses, church and administrative terms, measures and currencies.
Alphabetical index
- аков
- A measure of liquid volume, about 111 litres. Measurements and currencies
- актова книга
- A book in which a court or office entered deeds and depositions. Archives and documents Law and courts
- арк.
- → аркушA leaf within a file; a citation gives its number, and the reverse is marked. Archives and documents Reading historical sources
- аркуш
- A leaf within a file; a citation gives its number, and the reverse is marked. Archives and documents Reading historical sources
- аутосоми
- All human chromosomes except the sex chromosomes; a child receives one of each pair from the father and one from the mother. Family and kinship
- благочинний
- A priest supervising the parishes of a district. Occupations and professions Church records and religious terminology
- бобиль
- A landless peasant without a household, often living alone. Social estates and statuses
- бондар
- A cooper, who made barrels and wooden vessels. Occupations and professions
- ввід у володіння
- The formal induction of a new owner into possession of an estate. Land ownership and obligations Law and courts
- викупні платежі
- Payments by peasants for land received after emancipation. Land ownership and obligations
- військовий обиватель
- A descendant of the Sloboda Cossacks: after their Cossack service was abolished in 1765 they formed a separate estate, close to the state peasants, which lasted until the 1861 reform. Social estates and statuses
- війт
- The head of a town or village community under Magdeburg law. Administrative divisions and government Law and courts
- війт
- An elected village official in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Administrative divisions and government
- вінчання
- The church marriage rite, recorded in the register. Family and kinship Church records and religious terminology
- воєводство
- The largest administrative unit of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Administrative divisions and government
- волосний старшина
- → війтAn elected village official in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Administrative divisions and government
- волостъ
- → волостьThe lowest administrative unit, grouping several villages. Administrative divisions and government
- волость
- The lowest administrative unit, grouping several villages. Administrative divisions and government
- восприємник
- The church term for a godparent as written in baptismal registers. Family and kinship Church records and religious terminology
- воспріємник
- → восприємникThe church term for a godparent as written in baptismal registers. Family and kinship Church records and religious terminology
- воспріємникъ
- → восприємникThe church term for a godparent as written in baptismal registers. Family and kinship Church records and religious terminology
- гайдук
- An attendant at a manor or court performing policing duties. Occupations and professions Law and courts
- гайдуки
- → гайдукAn attendant at a manor or court performing policing duties. Occupations and professions Law and courts
- генеалогія
- Knowledge of a family's descent and ancestors, and the study of kinship ties. Family and kinship
- гольд
- A Hungarian measure of area of about 0.43 hectares. Measurements and currencies
- греко-католицька церква
- → уніяA church union retaining the Eastern rite while recognising Rome. Church records and religious terminology
- гривна
- → гривняA monetary and weight unit whose value and weight changed over time. Measurements and currencies
- гривня
- A monetary and weight unit whose value and weight changed over time. Measurements and currencies
- гродський суд
- → ґродський судA royal castle court hearing grave cases and keeping record books. Archives and documents Law and courts
- громада
- A village community as a unit of self-government and collective liability. Social estates and statuses Administrative divisions and government
- губернія
- The largest administrative unit of the Russian Empire. Administrative divisions and government
- гусар
- A hussar cavalryman: heavy cavalry in the 16th–17th-century Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, light cavalry in the Russian Empire. Military terminology
- ґродський суд
- A royal castle court hearing grave cases and keeping record books. Archives and documents Law and courts
- дворовий
- A serf without a land allotment who served in the landowner's house or estate. Social estates and statuses
- деканат
- A grouping of parishes under a dean. Church records and religious terminology Administrative divisions and government
- декрет
- → мандатA written order of authority, binding on its recipients. Archives and documents Law and courts
- десятина
- A church tax of a tenth part of harvest or income. Church records and religious terminology Land ownership and obligations
- десятина
- A measure of land area of about 1.09 hectares. Measurements and currencies
- дівер
- A husband's brother. Family and kinship
- діверь
- → діверA husband's brother. Family and kinship
- ділець
- → телекA peasant holding whose size differed by locality. Land ownership and obligations Measurements and currencies
- діяк
- → дякA church cantor who read and sang at services and often taught. Occupations and professions Church records and religious terminology
- домініум
- A large feudal holding comprising towns and villages. Administrative divisions and government Land ownership and obligations
- духовний
- A person of the clerical estate: a priest, deacon or church servant, and often members of their families too. Social estates and statuses Church records and religious terminology
- дяк
- A church cantor who read and sang at services and often taught. Occupations and professions Church records and religious terminology
- дяковчитель
- → канторA church cantor who often also taught in the parish school. Occupations and professions Church records and religious terminology
- екзекуція
- The distraint of property for unpaid taxes or debts. Land ownership and obligations Law and courts
- ендогамія
- Marrying mostly within one closed community, so that spouses are often related to each other. Family and kinship
- желяр
- A dependent peasant with a dwelling but no land allotment. Social estates and statuses Land ownership and obligations
- желяри
- → желярA dependent peasant with a dwelling but no land allotment. Social estates and statuses Land ownership and obligations