diplomatics

See also: diplomàtics

English

Etymology

Probably from Italian or Ecclesiastical Latin diplomatica

Noun

diplomatics (countable and uncountable, plural diplomatics)

The science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents.

Synonyms

diplomatic
forensic paleography

Hypernyms

paleography

Related terms

diploma

Translations

science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents

Portuguese: diplomática (pt) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дипломатика f (diplomatika)

Latin: diplomatika (sh) f

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