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cadaver dead body, cadaver
caelebs bachelor, single man
caelum heaven, sky
caementarius stonemason
calcearius shoemaker
calciator shoemaker
caledonia Scotland
caligator shoemaker
cambria Wales
cameranius chamberlain, valet, groom
capella chapel
capellanus chaplain
capitis head, chief
capt et jurat taken and sworn
caput head, chief
carbonarius collier, coal miner
carecarius carter
carnarius butcher
carpentarius carpenter
carta deed, charter, map
casale estate, village
casatus cottager
cataster land, property record
catholicus Catholic
caupo (cauponis) innkeeper
causa cause, sake, because of
[ex causa] [on account of, for the sake of]
celator turner
celebraverunt they celebrated, were married
census census
centenarius a person one hundred years of age
centesimus hundredth
centum hundred
cerdo (cerdonis) handworker
chartarius paper miller
chirotherarus glover
chirurgus surgeon
chramarius merchant
cimeterium cemetery
cingarus gypsy
circa about, around, round about
circiter about, approximately
civis citizen
clausit he/she finished, closed
[diem clausit extremem] [(died) he/she finished the last day]
claustrarius locksmith
clausum closed, finished
clericus clergyman
clostrarius locksmith
coelebs bachelor, single man
coemeterium cemetery
cognationis blood relationship
cognomen name, family name, surname
collis hill
colonus colonist, settler, resident, farmer, peasant
colorator dyer
comes count
comitas county
comitatus county
comitissa countess
commater godmother
commorantes living, residing
comparatio presence, appearance
comparuit he/she appeared, was present
compater godfather
compos in possession of
concepta est she was pregnant
concessit consented
conditione, sub conditionally
conjugatus married
conjuges married couple
conjugum of/from the married couple
conjuncti sunt they were joined (in marriage)
conjux spouse
consanguinitatis of blood relationship (such as cousins)
consobrina female cousin (usually on the mother's side)
consobrinus male cousin (usually on the mother's side)
consors (consortis) wife
contra against, opposite
contracti contracted, drawn together
contraxerunt they contracted (marriage)
convulsionis of convulsions
cooperta married (of a woman)
copulationis of marriage
copulati sunt they were married, joined
copulatus married, joined
copulavit he married (performed wedding)
coquus cook
coram in the presence of
coriarius tanner, leather worker
corpus (corporis) body
cotarius cottager
cras tomorrow
creatura dei foundling (creature of God)
cuius whose
cuiusdam of a certain
cultellarius cutler
cum with
cuprifaber coppersmith
cur why
curia court
currarius carriage builder
custos (custodis) custodian, guard


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