Definitions For Chirograph

Noun

CHIROGRAPH (plural CHIROGRAPHs) (legal, historical) A kind of mediaeval document written in duplicate (or more) on a single piece of parchment, then cut across a single word, so that each holder of a portion can prove it matches the others. (legal, Catholicism) A papal decree whose circulation, unlike an encyclical, is limited to the roman curia. (obsolete) The last part of a fine of land; the "foot of the fine". : (Bouvier)

See also

indenture

Etymology

From "written with the hand" χείρ, , hand + γράφω, , write.

Is Chirograph a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
21
Words with Friends
22

The word Chirograph is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends

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