Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The branch of paleography that deals with the study of old official documents and determines their age and authenticity.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The science of diplomas, or of ancient writings, literary and public documents, letters, decrees, charters, codicils, etc., which has for its object to decipher such instruments, or to ascertain their authenticity, their date, signatures, etc.
Wiktionary
- n. The science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography.
Etymologies
- Probably from Italian or Ecclesiastical Latin diplomatica (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The word diplomatics, following a Continental usage which long ago found recognition in Mabillon's "De Re Diplomaticâ", has of late come to denote also in English the science of ancient official documents, more especially of those emanating from the chanceries of popes, kings, emperors, and other authorities possessing a recognized jurisdiction.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
“Will this type of diplomatics even be possible anymore?”
“They want to pursue diplomatics, and be part of the negotiations, and at the same time, resource the resistance, resource the Shia militias that provide resistance to the coalition.”
“They want to pursue diplomatics and be part of the negotiations, and at the same time, resource the resistance, resource the Shia militias that provide resistance to the -- to the coalition.”
“But, first, we want to turn our attention to the diplomatics -- the diplomatic efforts going under way.”
“So I think diplomatics and businesspeople worldwide from the U.S. who are traveling have got to raise their level of individual protective measures.”
“It can almost be regarded as the beginning of study of diplomatics.”
“As Mabillon had created the science of diplomatics, so Montfaucon was the father of Greek palaeography, the principles of which he established by the rigour of his method in grouping his personal observations.”
“For the extensive literature on papal letters see works on papal diplomatics; GRISAR in Kirchenlex., s.v. Bullen und Breven (to 1884);”
“This is the volume, "De re diplomatica" (1681), a treatise so masterly that it remains to-day the foundation of the science of diplomatics.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘diplomatics’.
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dysteleology, dyslogistic, dystectic, dysphoria, dysphonia, dystopia, dysphemism, dystocia, dyslogia, dysaesthesia, dyschromatopic, dysbulia and 624 more...
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Diplomatic Language
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archivy
fonds, document, record, series, item-level, macroappraisal, diplomatics, authenticity, genuineness, reliability, successor body, digital object and 14 more...
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