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Explanations of obsolete, regional and documentary words found in archival records: occupations, social statuses, church and administrative terms, measures and currencies.

Alphabetical index

acta
→ актова книгаA book in which a court or office entered deeds and depositions. Archives and documents Law and courts
advocatus
→ війтThe head of a town or village community under Magdeburg law. Administrative divisions and government Law and courts
banna
→ оповідіThe threefold public announcement of an intended marriage. Church records and religious terminology
civis
→ міщанинA townsman enrolled in the urban community. Social estates and statuses
cmetho
→ кметьA settled peasant holding a plot of land and owing dues from it. Social estates and statuses Land ownership and obligations
comitatus
→ жупаAn administrative and territorial unit of the Kingdom of Hungary. Administrative divisions and government
consistorium
→ консисторіяThe administrative body of a diocese, keeping its affairs and records. Church records and religious terminology Archives and documents
decanatus
→ деканатA grouping of parishes under a dean. Church records and religious terminology Administrative divisions and government
decima
→ десятинаA church tax of a tenth part of harvest or income. Church records and religious terminology Land ownership and obligations
dominium
→ домініумA large feudal holding comprising towns and villages. Administrative divisions and government Land ownership and obligations
faber
→ ковальA blacksmith. Occupations and professions
folio
→ аркушA leaf within a file; a citation gives its number, and the reverse is marked. Archives and documents Reading historical sources
illegitimus
→ позашлюбнийBorn out of wedlock, as noted in a register entry. Family and kinship Church records and religious terminology
infans
→ немовляAn infant; in registers, a note of the age of the deceased. Family and kinship Church records and religious terminology
intromissio
→ ввід у володінняThe formal induction of a new owner into possession of an estate. Land ownership and obligations Law and courts
legitimus
→ законнийBorn in wedlock, as noted in a register entry. Family and kinship Church records and religious terminology
mandatum
→ мандатA written order of authority, binding on its recipients. Archives and documents Law and courts
mansus
→ ланA measure of land area whose size differed by region and period. Land ownership and obligations Measurements and currencies
matrimonium
→ вінчанняThe church marriage rite, recorded in the register. Family and kinship Church records and religious terminology
mortuus
→ померThe formula recording a death in a parish register. Church records and religious terminology Reading historical sources
nobilis
→ шляхтичA member of the noble estate of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Social estates and statuses
notarius
→ писарA clerk who kept the records of a community, court or army. Occupations and professions Archives and documents
palatinatus
→ воєводствоThe largest administrative unit of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Administrative divisions and government
parochia
→ парафіяA church community with its own place of worship and priest. Church records and religious terminology Administrative divisions and government
parochus
→ парохThe priest heading a parish in the Greek Catholic tradition. Occupations and professions Church records and religious terminology
patrinus
→ хрещений батькоA baptismal sponsor, recorded in the register as a godparent. Family and kinship Church records and religious terminology
sartor
→ кравецьA craftsman who made clothing. Occupations and professions
servitus
→ сервітутThe right of peasants to use a lord's woods, pastures or water. Land ownership and obligations Law and courts
sutor
→ швецьA craftsman who made and mended footwear. Occupations and professions
urbarium
→ урбаріальна реформаA reform regulating peasant dues by a written urbarium. Land ownership and obligations