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Meaning of COMPURGATOR

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Com"pur*ga`tor\, n. [LL.]
One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or
innocence of another. See {Purgation}; also {Wager of law},
under {Wager}.



   All they who know me . . . will say they have reason in
   this matter to be my compurgators.          --Chillingworth.

 

 

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