English Explanatory Dictionary

admanuensis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In old English law, one taking a corporal oath, that is, by laying the hand on the Bible, in distinction from one taking the oath in other forms, or affirming.

Word forms

admanuensis

Etymology

See ad- and amanuensis.

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