Etymology

testificate

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Today it means: A certificate of good character that was required to allow travel between parishes in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Full definition →

Latin testificātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromtestificātus
  2. English todaytestificate

Borrowed from Latin testificātus.

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