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sabbatinus, dies Saturday
sabbatum Saturday
sacellanus chaplain
sacer sacred
sacerdos (sacerdotis) priest
sacramentum sacrament, ordinance, rite
[omnibus sacramentis provisis] [(he/she) was provided with all the last rites]
[sacramentis totiis munitiis] [(being) fortified by all the last rites]
sacro fonte baptismi in the sacred font of baptism
saeculum a generation, century, age, eternity, world
saepe often
salarium salary
sanctus holy, sacred, a saint
sanus healthy
sartor tailor
satis enough
saturni, dies Saturday
scabinus judge, lay assessor
scarlatina scarlet fever
schola school
scorbutus scurvy
scorifex (scorificis) tanner
scorta unmarried mother, whore
scotia Scotland
scribo I write
scripsit he/she wrote
scriptum written
secundus second
sed but
sedecim sixteen
sellarius saddler
semel once, a single time
semi half
semper always
senex (senicis) old man
senilis weak with age
senior older, elder
senium old age
sepelivi I buried
septagenarius a person in his seventies
septem seven
septembris of September
septemdecim seventeen
septigenti seven hundred
septimana week
septimus seventh
septimus decimus seventeenth
septingentesimus seven hundredth
septuagesimus seventieth
septuaginta seventy
sepultorum, liber burial register
sepultus est he was buried
sequens (sequentis) following
serdo (serdonis) tanner
servus servant
sescentesimus six hundredth
sescenti six hundred
seu or
sex six
sexagesimus sixtieth
sexaginta sixty
sextus sixth
sextus decimus sixteenth
sexus sex
si if
sic thus, so, yes
sigillum seal
signum sign, mark
signum fecit he/she made a mark, signed
silva woods, forest
sine without
sinister left
sinus bosom, breast
[in sinum maternum conditus] [given into the maternal breast (buried)]
sive or
smigator soap maker
socer (socris) father-in-law
socius apprentice, comrade, associate
socrinus brother-in-law
socrus mother-in-law
sol (solis) the sun
solemnicationis marriage
solis, dies Sunday
solutus unmarried, free from debt
soror sister
sororius brother-in-law (sister's husband)
spasmus cramps
spirituales, parentes godparents
sponsa bride, spouse, betrothed
sponsalia marriage banns
sponsalis betrothed
sponsatus married
sponsor godparent
sponsus groom, spouse, betrothed
spurius illegitimate
statim immediately
status condition, status
stemma pedigree
stinarius plowman
stirps origin, source
stuprata pregnant (out of wedlock)
stuprator father of an illegitimate child
sub under, beneath, below
subscripsit he/she undersigned
subscriptus undersigned
subsequentis following, subsequent
subsignatum marked or signed below
subsignavit he/she marked (signed) below
suevia Sweden
sum I am
sunt they are
superior upper
superstes surviving, still living
supra before, above, beyond
supradictum above written
surdus deaf
susceptor godparent (male)
susceptores godparents
susceptorix godparent (female)
sutor cobbler, shoemaker
suus his/her/its own, their own
synergus apprentice


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