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castigatorium

castigatorium , instrument of punishment, (?) cucking-stool. c1267 si ‥ castigari noluerit, paciatur judicium corporis, sc. pistor collistrigium et braciatrix trebuchettum vel ~ium (Judic. Pillorie) StRealm I 201a; si dominus libertatis ‥ furcas, pillorium, tomborale vel ~ium de novo levari fecerit Fleta 75; 1305 pillorium et ~ium vocatum tewe debet [sic] stare ex opposito ecclesie Ext. Hadleigh 244.

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