Dictionary entry

Cartulary

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Car″tu‐la‐ry (?), n.; pl.Cartularies. [LL. cartularium, chartularium, fr. L. charta paper: cf. F. cartulaire. See 1st Card.]

1. A register, or record, as of a monastery or church.

2. An ecclesiastical officer who had charge of records or other public papers.