Glossary
127Explanations of obsolete, regional and documentary words found in archival records: occupations, social statuses, church and administrative terms, measures and currencies.
Alphabetical index
- akó
- → аковA measure of liquid volume, about 111 litres. Measurements and currencies
- hajdúk
- → гайдукAn attendant at a manor or court performing policing duties. Occupations and professions Law and courts
- hold
- → гольдA Hungarian measure of area of about 0.43 hectares. Measurements and currencies
- kántor
- → канторA church cantor who often also taught in the parish school. Occupations and professions Church records and religious terminology
- krajcár
- → крейцерA small Austrian coin, one hundredth of a gulden. Measurements and currencies
- kuruc
- → куруциParticipants in the anti-Habsburg risings of the early eighteenth century. Military terminology
- nemes
- → немешA member of the minor nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary. Social estates and statuses
- telek
- → телекA peasant holding whose size differed by locality. Land ownership and obligations Measurements and currencies
- urbárium
- → урбаріальна реформаA reform regulating peasant dues by a written urbarium. Land ownership and obligations
- vármegye
- → жупаAn administrative and territorial unit of the Kingdom of Hungary. Administrative divisions and government
- zsellér
- → желярA dependent peasant with a dwelling but no land allotment. Social estates and statuses Land ownership and obligations