muniment room

noun

: a storage room for preservation of family or sometimes official or parochial records, papers, notebooks
old manuscript treasures accumulated during the centuries in the muniment rooms of most of the noble and ancient families of BritainSt. Vincent Troubridge
cobwebby old muniment roomsR. D. Altick

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“Muniment room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muniment%20room. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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