abavia – second great-grandmother, female ascendant in the fourth degree
	abavus – second great-grandfather, male ascendant in the fourth degree
	abnepos – second great-grandson, male descendant in the fourth degree
	abneptis – second great-granddaughter, female descendant in the fourth degree
	affines – relatives by marriage; in-laws
	affinitas – relationship by marriage
	agnati – paternal relations
	agnatus – related by blood on the male side
	alimenta/o – provision made for younger sons or unmarried daughters
	alius/a/ud – other
	alter/era/erum – the other of two
	ambo/ae/o – both
	amita – father’s sister; aunt
	amita magna – grandfather’s sister; grandaunt
	amita uxoris – wife’s father’s sister
	anima – soul, spirit
	annus – year
	anno – in the year
	anno Domini – in the year of the Lord
	arbor consanguinitatis – family tree
	atavus – 3rd great grandfather, male ascendant in the fifth degree
	avunculus – mother’s brother; uncle
	avus – grandfather
	avi (pl.) – grandparents
	avi relicta – grandfather’s widow
	banni – marriage banns
	baptisma – baptism
	baptisavit – he baptized
	baptisatus/a – baptized
	baptisatus/a est – he (or she) was baptized
	caelebs – single, unmarried (Man)
	capellanus – chaplain
	cognati– maternal relations
	cognomen – surname
	commater – godmother
	comparere – to appear
	comparuit pro me – he/she appeared before me
	compater – godfather
	conceptus/a/um – conceived
	concepta est – she was pregnant
	coniunx (coniux) – husband or wife
	coniuges (pl.) – married couple
	consanguinitas – blood relationship (if too close, an impediment to marriage)
	consobrinus/a – cousin on the mother’s side
	contrahere – to contract, to draw together
	contraxerunt matrimonium – they contracted marriage
	coparcener – co-heir
	copulatio – marriage
	copulatus/a – married man/woman
	copulatus/a est – he/she was married
	coram – in the presence of
	corpus – body
	cum – with
	decessit – he/she died
	decessit sine proie – died without issue; childless
	decessit vitae parte (d.v.p.) – died in father’s lifetime
	decessus – death
	defunctus/a/um – dead
	dununciatio – publication of the marriage banns
	desponsus/a – betrothed
	Deus – God
	didymus/a – twin male/female
	dies – day
	die – day (a form used after certain propositions)
	discessit – he/she died
	dominus – lord
	doinus – home
	dos – dowry
	ecclesia – church
	ego – I
	eiusdem – the same
	eodem die – on the same day
	erat – he/she/it was
	est – he/she/it is
	et – and
	etiam – also
	e, ex – from
	factis tribus denunciationibus – after three publications of the banns; three banns having been published
	feme covert – married woman
	feme sole – unmarried woman
	femina – woman
	filia – daughter
	filia fratis/sororis – niece; daughter of brother/sister
	filius – son
	filius fratris/sororis – nephew; son of brother/sister
	frater – brother
	frater ex m terno latere – half-brother, common mother
	frater expaterno latere – half-brother, common father
	frater germanus – twin brother
	frater naturalis – brother
	fuit – he/she/it was
	fuerunt – they were
	gemellus/a – twin
	geminus/a – twin
	gener – son-in-law; cousin
	genitum – begotten, born
	gens – male line, clan
	genus – type, kind, birth, descent, sex, origin, class, race
	generis – of the type, sex, etc.
	germana – sister
	germanus – brother
	glos – husband’s sister
	gloris – brother’s wife
	gravida – pregnant
	habere – to have, to hold
	habitare – to reside
	habitans – resident (ajd.)
	habitantes – residents
	hebdomada – a week
	heri – yesterday
	hic, haec, hoc – this
	hoc die/mense/anno – on this day/month/year
	huius – of this
	humatio – burial
	homo – man, human, being
	humatus/a – he/she was buried
	ibidem (ibid) – in the same place
	idem, eadem, iden – the same
	ignotus/a – unknown ille, illa
	illegitimus – illegitimate
	impedimentum – impediment or
	illud – that
	ilius – of that hindrance (as to a marriage)
	impedimentum consanguinitas – impediment of too close a blood relationship (second cousin or closer)
	imponere – to place upon, to impose
	impositus/a/um – imposed, placed upon, given (cui iimpositum est nomen – to whom was given the name
	infans – infant
	instant, inst. – of the current month
	inuptus/a – unmarried
	infra – below; later
	infrascriptus – written below
	intra – within
	ipse/a/um – himself/herself/itself
	ita – thus, so
	item – also, likewise
	iunior/junior – younger
	iure/jure – legally
	iurare/jurare – to swear; take an oath
	ius/jus, iures/jures – law, laws
	iuvenis/juvenis – young person
	lavare – to wash; to baptize
	lautus/a est – he/she was baptized
	levantes – godparents
	levir – husband’s brother
	liber, libri – book, books
	liber baptizatorum – baptismal register
	liber defunctorum – death register
	liber matrimoniorum – marriage register
	ligatus/a est – he/she was joined or married
	locus – place
	locus sigilli – where a person’s seal is placed (on a document)
	majorennis – of legal age
	majores – ancestors
	mane – in the morning
	manu propria – (signed) in one’s own hand
	marita – wife
	maritus – husband
	mater – mother
	mater meretrix – mother of illegitimate child
	matertera – maternal aunt
	matrimonium – marriage
	mensis – month
	mense – in the month (of)
	meridies – noon
	minimus/a natu – youngest
	meus/a/um – my, mine
	morbus – disease
	morbum, post longum – after a long illness
	mors – death
	mortis – of death
	mortuus/a/um – dead, deceased
	mortuus/a est – he/she died
	mulier – woman, wife
	mutuo consensu – by mutual consent
	nascit – he/she is born
	natalis – natal
	natus/a – born (adj.); son or daughter (noun)
	natus/a est – he/she was born
	nepos – grandson; nephew
	nepos ex fil – grandson
	nepos ex fratre – brother’s son
	nepos ex sorore – sister’s son
	neptis – granddaughter
	nocte – at night
	nomen – name
	noverca – stepmother
	nulloque detecto impedimento matrimonio – and no marital impediment having been uncovered
	nullus/a/um – no, none
	nuptus/a – married
	nurus/a – son’s wife
	obit – he/she died
	obstetrix – midwife
	omnis – all, every
	orbus/a – orphan masc./fem
	origo – birth
	originis – of the birth
	ortus – origin, birth
	parentes – parents
	parocia – parish
	parochus – parish priest
	partus – childbirth
	pater – father
	patres – forebears, ancestors
	patrui relicta – paternal uncle’s widow
	patrinus/a/i – godfather/godmother/ godparents
	patruus – paternal uncle
	patruerlis – paternal nephew
	pie – piously
	post – after
	postridie – on the day after
	pridie – on the day before
	priores – ancestors
	privignus/a – stepson or stepdaughter of a father
	pro – in behalf of, for
	proavus/a – great grandfather or great grandmother
	proclomatio – bann, decree
	proles – issue, child
	proles spuria – illegitimate child
	proneptus – grand niece
	propinqui – relations, relatives
	prosocrus – wife’s grandmother
	provincia – province
	proximo, prox. – of the next month
	proximus consanguineus – nearest relative
	pudicus/a – chaste
	puella – girl
	puer – boy
	puerperium – childbirth
	purgatus/a – cleansed, baptized
	quasi – almost, as if
	qui, quae, quod – who, which, what
	quidam, quaedam – a certain person (masc./fem.)
	quoddam – a certain thing
	quondam – formerly; sometime
	relictus/a – widower, widow
	renatus/a – reborn, baptized
	requiescat in pace – may he/she rest in peace
	rites – rite
	de ritu sanctae matris ecclesiae – according to the rite of the holy mother church
	sacerdos – priest
	sacer, sacra, sacrum – sacred
	sacramentis totiis munitiis – fortified by all the last rites
	sanctus/a/um – holy, sacred
	scorta – unmarried mother; whore
	scriptus/a/um – written
	semper – always, forever
	senior – older
	sepelire – to bury
	sepultus/a/um – buried
	sequens – following
	sic – thus, so
	signum – mark
	signum fecit – he/she made a mark, signed
	sine – without
	socer – father-in-law
	socrus – mother-in-law
	socrus magna – maternal grandmother
	solemnicatio – marriage
	solutus/a/um – unmarried (also free from debt)
	soror – sister
	sororius – brother-in-law (wife’s brother)
	sponsalia – marriage banns
	sponsalis – betrothed (adj.)
	sponsus/a – groom/bride
	spouse – betrothed
	spurius/a – illegitimate
	stemma (gentile) – pedigree
	stuprata – pregnant out of wedlock
	stuprator – father of illegitimate child
	sub tutela – under guardianship
	subscripsit – he/she signed
	subsignavit – he/she signed with a mark
	sum – I am
	sunt – they were
	supra – above (ut supra – as above)
	susceptores – godparents
	suus/a/um – his/her/its/ their own
	tempus – time
	testamentum – will, testament
	testis – witness
	triduum – a period of three days
	trigemini – triplets
	tutor – guardian
	ubi – where
	ultimo, ult. – of the preceding month
	ultimus/a/um – last
	unigena – only begotten daughter
	unigentius – only begotten son
	urbs – city
	ut n as – so that, in order that
	ut infra – as below
	ut supra – as above
	uxor – wife
	vel (vel/vel) – or (either/or)
	vespere – in the evening
	vetus, veteris – old
	victricus – stepfather
	viduus/vidua – widower/widow
	videlicet (vis.) – namely
	vir – man, male
	virgo – virgin, female, girl
	virtuosus/a/um – honorable
	vita – life